M0015132: Stone scraper mounted in a handle

Previous title, replaced October 2021: Scraper of stone mounted in handle

Photograph of a prehistoric scraper. It was purchased at auction by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1931 and accessioned in 1936 (accession number R6543/1936) when it was misidentified as an Australian circumcision knife. It is not held by Wellcome Collection.

September 1956

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides an entry for the item: acc. number R6543/1936

Copyright is held by Wellcome Collection

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 2021.

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