M0012306: Ancient Peruvian pots showing various medical conditions

Previous title, replaced March 2022: Ancient Peruvian pots (A-D) showing pathological conditions

Photograph of ancient Peruvian pots labelled A-D from Chombote, Peru, depicting various conditions including dwarfism showing nodular eruptions of verruga, gondar, an examination of feet from which egg saca of sand flea 'nigua' have been removed, and an amputated leg, at the tibio-tarsal junction, with a cap of painted bone, wood or metal in the right hand of the figure to adjust to the stump of the leg. This reproduction was made from an unidentified publication.

February 1952

1 photograph glass plate negative; 8.3 x 10.8 cm

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.