M0013661: Human mandible embedded in stalagmite

Date:
July 1954
  • Archives and manuscripts

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Description

Reproduction of a photograph of a human mandible embedded in stalagmite found in Potter's Cave, Caldey, England. The mandible was presented to the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum by the Rev. Dom Albert Derzelle. This reproduction was made from an unidentified photograph held by Wellcome Collection.

Publication/Creation

July 1954

Physical description

1 photograph
glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Terms of use

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

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.

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Location of original

Wellcome Library; GB.
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