M0011699: Red earthenware head, showing teeth, Mayan: side view
- Date:
- December 1950
- Reference:
- WT/D/1/20/1/104/7
- Part of:
- Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
- Archives and manuscripts
Collection contents
About this work
Also known as
Previous title, replaced April 2021: Profile red earthenware Octoberan head, showing teeth, hollow, back broken away.
Description
Photograph of a Mayan hollow, red earthenware head showing teeth with the back broken away. The item was purchased at auction by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1907 and given the object number A13142. It was given to the University of California, Los Angeles in 1966. Related images: M0011698
Publication/Creation
December 1950
Physical description
1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm
Related material
Wellcome Collection holds the index card which provides an entry for the item (image 233)
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 2021.
Terms of use
Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed storesOpen Can't be requested