M0018103: Amuletic necklet to protect against toothache and other pains, possibly Andaman Islands

Date:
May-June 1960
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/161/44
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M0018103: Amuletic necklet to protect against toothache and other pains, possibly Andaman Islands. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Previous title, replaced October 2020: Amuletic necklet, made of bones of relative, Andaman Islands

Description

Photograph of an amuletic necklet, made of bone with a grass cord. Provenance is uncertain, but it possibly originates from the Andaman Islands. It was purchased at auction by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1934 and given accession number A232093. It is now held by the Science Musuem (object number A232093).

Publication/Creation

May-June 1960

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Related material

Wellcome Collection holds the accession index card for the item: acc. number A232093

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Copyright is held by Wellcome Collection

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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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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