British Togoland or Ghana: a man with metal woven into his hair. Photograph by Kurt Lubinski, 19--.

  • Lubinski, Kurt, 1899-1969.
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[between 1900 and 1999]
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646060i
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"Head-dress or form of 'torture', made of chain-mail. The hair is woven into it at the age of puberty and cannot be removed. It gets exceedingly hot in the tropical sun, Konkomba, British Togoland"--exhibition caption

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London (57-58 Chancery Lane, London W.C.2) : Kurt Lubinski, [between 1900 and 1999]

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1 photograph : photoprint ; image 17.9 x 12.7 cm

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Photograph verso bears photographic studio stamp: "Copyright by Kurt Lubinski [...]"

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Wellcome Collection 646060i

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