M0019733: Amuletic necklet made of human teeth and shell discs, Sudan

Previous title, replaced July 2022: Amuletic necklet, 'tuk', human teeth, shell discs etc.

Photograph of an amuletic necklet from Sudan. It was presented to the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum by Captain R. G. Anderson and accessioned in 1914 (accession number R892)

December 1963

1 photograph sheet film negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides an entry for the item: R892

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.

This item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.