M0002708: Nigerian man wearing a mask, possibly a practitioner of Yorùbá medicine / M0002708EB: A Nigerian man, possibly a practitioner of Yorùbá medicine
- Date:
- 04 January 1932
- Reference:
- WT/D/1/20/1/22/87
- Part of:
- Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Collection contents
About this work
Also known as
Previous title, replaced May 2020: Nigerian medicine man wearing numerous charms etc. Maiduguri Bornu, Nothern Nigeria
Description
Right-hand side on plate: Photograph of a painting of a Nigerian man in a mask, possibly a practitioner of Yorùbá medicine in Maiduguri, with caption "East African Witch-Doctor" underneath, likely to have been used when displayed in the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum. Left-hand side on plate: Reproduction of a photograph, after a painting by E. Schwartz, of a Nigerian man, possibly a practitioner of Yorùbá medicine in Maiduguri, with caption "Nigerian Medicine-Man" underneath, likely to have been used when displayed in the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum. This photograph was accessioned February 1915 by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum (R1019)
Publication/Creation
04 January 1932
Physical description
2 photographs on 1 plate glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm
Related material
Wellcome Collection holds the item depicted in the glass plate negative:22171i
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