M0020039: Two Japanese anatomical figures for instructing students, 16th-18th century: front view

Date:
1965-1976
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/179/14
Part of:
Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
  • Archives and manuscripts

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Also known as

Previous title, replaced July 2022: Japanese figure for instructing students

Description

Photograph of two Japanese figures for instructing students. One is made of carved boxwood. The other is made of carved ivory and shows a section of arteries. They were acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum at an unknown point and accessioned in 1940 (accession numbers R119/1940 and R118/1940 respectively). Related images: M0020040, M0020041

Publication/Creation

1965-1976

Physical description

2 photographs sheet film negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm photographic print; 9 x 12 cm

Related material

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides entries for the items: R118/1940 and R119/1940

Copyright note

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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