M0012346: Section on the preservation of the dead in the Gallery of Primitive Medicine, Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, 1946

Previous title, replaced March 2022: Wellcome museum: primitive medicine, skeletal remains

Photograph of a display of human remains, some from the Andaman Islands, illustrating different cultural practices for preserving and using parts of the human skeleton after death, taken in the Gallery of Primitive Medicine, Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, 1946. Related images: M0012314, M0012315, M0012316, M0012317, M0012318, M0012319, M0012320,M0012321, M0012322, M0012323, M0012324, M0012325, M0012326, M0012327, M0012328, M0012329, M0012330, M0012331, M0012332, M0012333, M0012334, M0012335, M0012336, M0012337, M0012338, M0012339, M0012340, M0012341, M0012342, M0012343, M0012344, M0012345, M0012313, M0012347, M0012348, M0012349, M0012350

February 1952

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds a photographic print of the image: WA/PHO/Kel/A.10

Copyright is held by Wellcome Collection

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.

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