M0006056: Skull of woman showing cauterised T-shaped scar, Neolithic

Date:
25 January 1939
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/50/57
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M0006056: Skull of woman showing cauterised T-shaped scar, Neolithic. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Previous title, replaced August 2020: Skull of woman showing cauterised T-shaped scar, Neolithic

Description

Drawing of a Neolithic woman's skull reproduced in an unknown publication. The drawing is based on a photograph acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and accessioned in 1937 (accession number PHO 9311).

Publication/Creation

25 January 1939

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7 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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