M0017991: Two stone amuletic objects in the form of square plaques, Bolivia

Date:
May 1960
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/160/62
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M0017991: Two stone amuletic objects in the form of square plaques, Bolivia. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Previous title, replaced October 2020: Amuletic objects of stone to ensure fertility, Bolivia.

Description

Photograph of four Bolivian amuletic stone objects to ensure fertility, all in the form of decorated square plaques. They were acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Musuem at an unknown point and given accession numbers A300596 and A300623.

Publication/Creation

May 1960

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

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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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