M0017707: Wooden mask, possibly from Bella Coola, British Columbia: front view

Previous title, replaced October 2020: mask.N.W. Indian, wood, painted.

Photograph of the front view of a painted wooden mask. According to an external publication noted on the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum accession card, it possibly originates from the Bella Coola area of British Columbia. It was acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medcial Musuem at an unknown point and given accession number A300364. Related images: M0017707EB

January 1960

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession index card for the item: A300364

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.

This item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.