M0017986: Two stone amuletic objects, Bolivia

Previous title, replaced October 2020: Amuletic objects of stone to ensure fertility, Bolivia.

Photograph of two Bolivian amuletic stone objects to ensure fertility. One is in the form of a house and courtyard. The other is in a triangular shape. The first was acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum at an unknown point and given accession number A300616. The other was acquired as part of the De Mortillet Collection and accessioned in 1937 (accession number R1982/1937). It was removed from the Museum's holdings in 1965.

May 1960

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides an entry for one of the items: acc. number R1982/1937

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 2022.

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