Human dust

Made:: 1601-1850 in England

Human dust, black, in glass-topped container with label, found in St. Martin in the Fields vaults by F.T. Buckland, 1859, English, 1601-1850

Details

Category:: Wellcome (general)

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A659626

Materials:: case, paper, plywood, glass and dust

Measurements:: case: length 127 mm
case: width 90 mm
case: height 28 mm

type:: human remains and dust

credit:: Wellcome Trust

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