M0016328: Drawing of stone axe heads pierced for hafting, 1565

Previous title, replaced March 2022: Drawing of stone axe heads, pierced for hafting.

Woodcut published in Gessner, Conrad: De omni rerum fossilium genere, gemmis, lapidibus, metallis, et hujusmodi, libri aliquot, plerique nunc primum editi…, Tiguri : Jacobus Gesnerus, 1565-1566. Related images: M0016328

1957

1 photograph sheet film negative; 8.3 x 10.8 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the publication depicted in the glass plate negative: EPB/B/2804/1

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.