M0019316EA: Wooden elliptic hollow disc, possibly a whistle: front view

Date:
January 1963
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/172/1
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M0019316EA: Wooden elliptic hollow disc, possibly a whistle: front view. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

Photograph of a wooden elliptic plate with patterns carved in relief. Partly hollowed out with three holes, suggesting it is a whistle or Congo type of cruciform flute. It was purchased at auction by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1932 and given accession number A114105. Related images: M0019316EB

Publication/Creation

January 1963

Physical description

1 photograph sheet film negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Related material

Wellcome Collection holds the accession index card for the item: A114105

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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 2022.

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

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