M0005254: Platform for dead bodies, South Cape, New Guinea

Previous title, replaced September 2021: Platform for dead bodies, South Cape, New Guinea

Photograph of a wooden platform for dead bodies, South Cape, New Guinea. Two boys can be seen in the background. The photograph is from an unknown source.

17 November 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 2021.

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