M0019743: Amuletic wristlets made of wire and blue glass beads, South Africa / M0019744: Cupping horn possibly from a cow, Uganda

Previous title, replaced July 2022: Amuletic wristlets, wire and blue glass beads, S. Africa.

Photograph of two items. One is an amuletic wristlet said to avert rheumatism and bring good luck. It was purchased at auction by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1933 and accessioned in 1936 (accession number R10042/1936). The other item is a cupping horn with a lateral hole close to the tip. It was acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1961 and given accession number A301178. It is now held by the Science Museum (object number A301178)

December 1963

1 photograph sheet film negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession registers which provide entries for the items: R10042/1936 and A301178

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.

This item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.