M0005557: Two photographs of fire making tools, China

Previous title, replaced November 2021: Illustrations of fire-sticks from mine sites

Two images on one negative: reproductions of two photographs of fire making tools found at two ruined sites to the south and east of the Taklamakan Desert, China. Published in Joyce, T. A: " Note on a Number of Fire-Sticks from Ruined Sites on the South and East of the Takla-Makan Desert, Collected by Dr. M. A. Stein", Man, vol.11, 1911. A photograph of the journal illustrations was acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and accessioned in 1938 (accession number PHO 10841).

8 August 1938

2 photographs on 1 plate glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 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 2021.

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