M0011787: Reproduction of a cast of a Magdalenian stone lamp with the incised representation of an Ibex head

Date:: 1951

Reference:: WT/D/1/20/1/104/89

Part of:: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive

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Wellcome Trust Corporate ArchiveWT
- Direct activitiesWT/D
  - Library and MuseumWT/D/1
    - Images from the photographic libraryWT/D/1/20
      - Photographic library: "M" seriesWT/D/1/20/1
        "M" series glass plate negatives: M0011692-M0011798WT/D/1/20/1/104
        M0011787: Reproduction of a cast of a Magdalenian stone lamp with the incised representation of an Ibex headWT/D/1/20/1/104/89

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M0011787: Reproduction of a cast of a Magdalenian stone lamp with the incised representation of an Ibex head. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Also known as

Previous title, replaced May 2022: Magdalenian, Incised representation of an Ibex head on a lamp.

Description

Reproduction of a cast of a Magdalenian stone lamp with the incised representation of an Ibex head (before repair and restoration). The cast was made by B. Champion between 1929-1930 for the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum.The original lamp was found at La Grotte de la Mouthe, Tayac (Dordogne) and is held by the National Archaeological Museum, Saint-Germain-en-Laye.

Publication/Creation

1951

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Related material

Wellcome holds the accession register which provides an entry for the item (acc. number A85589, registration number R11498/1936

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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