M0005113: Japanense somen mask

Previous title, replaced November 2021: Japanense Somen Mask (AWAITING MORE INFO)

Photograph of a Japanense somen mask, a form of samuri facial armour covering the whole face. The object was misidentified when it was acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum as a full face iron executioner's mask. It is still held by Wellcome Collection and was previously on display in the Medicine Man gallery. Related images: M0005114

8 February 1937

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

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.

Copyright is held by Wellcome Collection

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