M0005979: Traditional healer with surgical instruments, north Nigeria
- Date:
- 02 January 1939
- Reference:
- WT/D/1/20/1/49/80
- Part of:
- Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Collection contents
About this work
Also known as
Previous title, replaced August 2020: Barber Surgeon with instruments Nupe, N. Nigeria, Dr. Nadel
Description
Photograph of a traditional healer of the Nupe people in north Nigeria. The photograph is one of a set of photographs made by enlarging a film presented to the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum by a Dr Nadel in June 1937. The photograph was accessioned in 1937 with accession number PHO 10077. Related images: M0005977, M0005978, M0005980.
Publication/Creation
02 January 1939
Physical description
1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm
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 2020.
Terms of use
Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.
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Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed storesBy appointment Manual request