M0018932: Two female figurines in bronze worn to prevent disease, Peru and a male figurine in silver, Bolivia

Previous title, replaced October 2020: Female figurines in bronze, worn to prevent disease, Peru

Previous title, replaced October 2020: Female figurines in bronze, worn to prevent disease, Peru

Previous title, replaced October 2020: Male figure in silver, amuletic. Ancient Bolivan

Photograph of three figurines. Two are female figures in bronze from Peru. The third is a male figure in silver with amuletic properties, Ancient Bolivian. They were acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum at an unknown point and accessioned in 1917 (accession numbers R9660, R9658 and R9661)

December 1961-January 1962

1 photograph sheet film negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides entries for the items: R9658, R9660 and R9661

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.

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