M0015763: Casts of vertebrae pierced with flint points from La Grotte de Villemard, France

Previous title, replaced March 2022: Casts of vertebrae pierced with flint points from La Grotte de Villemard, Marne, departement

Photograph of two casts of prehistoric vertebrae pierced with flint points, along with a flint point. The flint point was acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum as part of the Lewis Abbott collection and accessioned in 1929 (accession number R34661). It is not held by Wellcome Collection. The vertebrae were also previously part of the Museum but are not held by Wellcome Collection.

January 1957

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides entries for the item: accession number R34661

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 2021.

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