M0005522: Man standing beneath a structure erected to ensure good health to twins, Bopoto, Congo
- Date:
- 4 August 1938
- Reference:
- WT/D/1/20/1/45/34
- Part of:
- Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Collection contents
About this work
Also known as
Previous title, replaced November 2021: A Bopoto fetish ensuring good health to twins.
Description
Reproduction of a photograph of a structure erected after birth to ensure good health to twins. The placentas in two vessels are raised on forked sticks erected on each side of the road leading to the village. The reproduction is published in Hambley, Wilfrid Dyson: Origins of education among primitive peoples, London: Macmillan, 1926. A copy of the book illustration was acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and accessioned in 1938 (accession number PHO 10791).
Publication/Creation
4 August 1938
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 2021.
Terms of use
Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed storesBy appointment Manual request