M0016399: Illustration of a polished stone axe-head used in the treatment of nephritis

Previous title, replaced March 2022: Polished stone axe-head used in treatment of nephritis

Illustration of a polished stone axe-head used in the treatment of nephritis in the 17th century, published in Cartailhac, Emile: L'age de pierre dans les souvenirs et superstitions populaires, Paris: 1877

September 1957

1 photograph sheet film negative; 8.3 x 10.8 cm

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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