M0009113: Skull of a cave bear

Date:
30 January 1945
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/80/2
Part of:
Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
  • Archives and manuscripts

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced October 2020: Skull of a Cave-Bear

Description

Reproduction of a photograph of the skull of a cave bear (Ursus spelaeus) found in a cavern at Nabresina near Trieste and bearing on the right side in the parietal bone a Palaeolithic stone axe of the Mousterian type. Reproduced in an unknown publication.

Publication/Creation

30 January 1945

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Notes

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.

Terms of use

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

Where to find it

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