M0012304: Amulets associated with childbirth and children

Date:
February 1952
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/109/92
Part of:
Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
  • Archives and manuscripts

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About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced March 2022: Amulets associated with childbirth and children. Australia,

Description

Photograph of amulets associated with childbirth and children from Australia, New Zealand, and Ghana. These items were accessioned by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum (R5172/1936, R3508/1937, R4432/1936) but are not held by Wellcome Collection. These items are featured in the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum Catalogue for Exhibition of Medicine of Aboriginal Peoples, Oxford University Press, 1952, p.47-48.

Publication/Creation

February 1952

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 8.3 x 10.8 cm

Related material

Wellcome Collection holds the accession registers for the items depicted in the glass plate negative:R5172/1936,

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.

Terms of use

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.

Where to find it

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