M0019340: Model of the Egyptian court official Chnoum-hotep, from Ruffer: Studies in the Palaeopathology of Egypt (1921)

Previous title, replaced July 2022: The Achondroplastic dwarf, Chnoum-hotep.

Reproduction of a photograph of a statue of Chnoum-hotep, who had the condition achondroplasia. The original statue is held by the Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, Cairo. The image is published in Ruffer, Sir Marc Armand: Studies in the Palaeopathology of Egypt, Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1921. Related images: M0006275, M0009046, M0009048, M0009049, M0009050, M0009051, M0017177, M0017178, M0017179, M0019338, M0019339

February 1963

1 photograph sheet film negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the publication depicted in the glass plate negative

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.