M0020056: Japanese anatomical female figure reclining on a couch

Previous title, replaced July 2022: Anatomical figure: Japanese

Photograph of a carved ivory nude female figure on a pierced black wooden stand, used for diagnostic purposes. It was purchased in Egypt by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1931 and accessioned in 1939 (accession number R1471/1939)

1965-1976

2 photographs sheet film negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm photographic print; 9 x 12 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides an entry for one of the items: R1471/1939

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.

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