M0009471: Peruvian vessel bottle with squatting figure with mouth wide open

Date:
15 April 1946
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/83/37
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M0009471: Peruvian vessel bottle with squatting figure with mouth wide open. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Also known as

Previous title, replaced October 2020: Peruvian vessel bottle with figure with mouth wide open.

Description

Photograph of a pottery vessel with black glaze in the form of a squatting figure with open mouth, with a loop handle at back from which emerges a vertical spout. It was purchased at auction by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1931 (accession number A97451) but was removed from the collection in February 1966.

Publication/Creation

15 April 1946

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Copyright note

Copyright is held by Wellcome Collection

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.

Terms of use

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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