M0014562: Mummified Egyptian foot

Previous title, replaced January 2022: Mummified Egyptian foot

Photograph of a mummified foot, unwrapped, probably from Memphis, Egypt. The item was purchased by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1955 and accessioned in 1956 (accession number R42/1956). It is not held by Wellcome Collection.

1956

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides an entry for the item: acc. number R42/1956

Copyright 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.