M0019741: Horn whistle containing a feather, Sudan

Previous title, replaced July 2022: Horn whistle containing a feather.

Photograph of a horn whistle containing a feather used to frighten away evil spirits, to attract game and for the relief of headaches. It was acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1926 and accessioned in 1936 (accession number R6775/1936)

December 1963

1 photograph sheet film negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides an entry for the item: R6775/1936

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.