M0017141: Rattle used by Azande traditional healers, Central Africa

Photograph of a wooden and iron rattle used by Azande traditional healers in Central Africa. It was purchased at auction by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1928 and accessioned in 1943 (accession number R117/1943). It was removed from the Museum's holdings in February 1966.

November 1958

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides an entry for the item: R117/1943

Copyright is held by Wellcome Collection

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.