M0011849: Photograph of five Aurignacian backed knives from the Upper Paleolithic period found in Les Eyzies-de-Tayac, Chatelperron, La Croze-de-Tayac, and Laussel, Marquay, France

Previous title, replaced May 2022: Aurignacian Backed Knives

Photograph of five Aurignacian backed knives from the Upper Paleolithic period found in Les Eyzies-de-Tayac, Chatelperron, La Croze-de-Tayac, and Laussel, Marquay, France. In the image the knives look to be mounted, and have descriptive text underneath. Each knife has been assigned a reigstration number for their inclusion in the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum between 1936-1946 (left to right: R253/1946, R202/1946, R14076/1936, R223/1937 and R728/1937).

1951

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Wellcome holds the accession registers which provide entries for the items featured in the glass plate negative: (acc. number R253/1946, (acc. number R202/1946, (acc. number R14076/1936, (acc. number R223/1937 and (acc. number R728/1937.

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.