M0012643: Ancestoral effigy, Solomon Islands
- Date:
- August 1952
- Archives and manuscripts
About this work
Description
Photograph of an ancestoral effigy in carved wood from the Solomon Islands. This item was bought at auction from Stevens' in June 1925 and accessioned by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum (R15757/1936) but is not held by Wellcome Collection. The photograph was included in the catalogue for a Wellcome Historical Medical Museum Exhibition illustrating the medicine of the aboriginal peoples in the British Commonwealth, London, 1952. Related images: M0012644
Publication/Creation
August 1952
Physical description
1 photograph
glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm
glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm
Related material
Wellcome Collection holds the accession register for the item depicted in the glass plate negative:R15757/1936
Copyright note
Copyright is held by Wellcome Collection
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.
Location Access Closed storesCan't be requested Note