M0001574: Photograph of a wooden "leper clapper"

Date:: 07 January 1931

Reference:: WT/D/1/20/1/14/73

Part of:: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive

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- Direct activitiesWT/D
  - Library and MuseumWT/D/1
    - Images from the photographic libraryWT/D/1/20
      - Photographic library: "M" seriesWT/D/1/20/1
        "M" series glass plate negatives: M0001502-M0001602WT/D/1/20/1/14
        M0001574: Photograph of a wooden "leper clapper"WT/D/1/20/1/14/73

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M0001574: Photograph of a wooden "leper clapper". In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Leper Clapper.

Description

Black and white photograph of a wooden "leper clapper" consisting of three pieces of wood joined with tape. In the 17th Century, a person with leprosy known as a "leper" was socially outcast due to their highly contagious condition. They were made to carry a bell or a clapper to warn people of their approach as well as attract attention for charitable donations. This item was previously in the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, but is not held by Wellcome Collection.

Publication/Creation

07 January 1931

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 16.5 x 12 cm

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 2020.

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