M0005728: Two Bapedi boys making fire by friction, Sekhukhuneland, Africa

Previous title, replaced August 2020: Making fire by friction, Badepi Sebukunilang, Africa

Photograph of two Bapedi boys making fire in Sekhukhuneland, a region of north-east South Africa. The Bapedi (or Pedi) are an ethnic group from southern Africa The photograph was acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and accessioned in December 1936 (accession number PHO 9078).

23 September 1938

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the item depicted in the glass plate negative: 536956i

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 2020.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.