M0013661: Human mandible embedded in stalagmite

Previous title, replaced January 2022: Human mandible embedded in stalagmite

Reproduction of a photograph of a human mandible embedded in stalagmite found in Potter's Cave, Caldey, England. The mandible was presented to the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum by the Rev. Dom Albert Derzelle. This reproduction was made from an unidentified photograph held by Wellcome Collection.

July 1954

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 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.

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