M0012534: Boy with head-hunter's face-tattoo, Nagaland / M0012534EB: Elongation of the head, Mowe / M0012534EC: Group of boys wearing cane belts, Nagaland

Previous title, replaced March 2022: Konyak Naga with head-hunter's face-tatoo./Previous title, replaced March 2022: Elongation of the head, Mowe, N. Britain/Previous title, replaced March 2022: Waist constriction by cane belts, Konyak Naga

Right-hand side of plate: Photograph of a Konyak boy with a head-hunter's face tattoo, Nagaland. This reproduction was taken from another photograph of this image accessioned by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum (PHO 10713), and purchased from Dr. Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf. Top left-hand side of plate: Photograph of a boy in profile to showing the elongation of his head in Mowe, Nigeria. Bottom left-hand side of plate: Photograph of a group of Konyak boys stood in water wearing cane belts to constrict the waist, Nagaland. This reproduction was taken from another photograph of this image accessioned by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum (PHO 10716), and purchased from Dr. Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf..

May 1952

3 photographs on 1 plate glass plate negative; 8.3 x 10.8 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register for other photographic copies:PHO 10713 and PHO 10716

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.