M0010365: Wall painting from Tomb of Userhat: wigs with cones of unguent

Date:
08 December 1947
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/91/51
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Credit

M0010365: Wall painting from Tomb of Userhat: wigs with cones of unguent. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced February 2021: Egypt, wigs with cones of unguent, Tomb of Userhat

Description

Photograph of one of the wall paintings in the Tomb of Userhat (Theban Tomb TT51). The photograph was acquired by Captain Johnston-Saint, a Wellcome Historical Medical Museum employee who travelled extensively in Europe, the Middle East and India purchasing items for the museum. It was accessioned in 935 (accession number PHO 2425)

Publication/Creation

08 December 1947

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Related material

Wellcome Collection holds the accession record listing the item in the glass plate negative: accession number PHO 2425.

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 2021.

Terms of use

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

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