M0009470: Peruvian vessel shaped as a beggar holding a bowl

Previous title, replaced October 2020: Peruvian vessel of beggar holding a bowl.

Photograph of a terracotta vessel purchased at auction by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1931 (accession number A104946). According to the index card for the accession, the vessel is in the form of a "seated beggar with modelled head, and face disfigured by disease; pressing bowl to his chest". The item is not held by Wellcome Collection.

15 April 1946

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2020.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.