M0010855: Effigies representing diseases, from Sarawak, Borneo

Previous title, replaced April 2021: Effigies representing diseases. Sarawak, Borneo.

Photograph of three wooden effigies, one zoomorphic, one anthropomorphic and one shaped like a dragon. The effigies were purchased at auction by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1909 (zoomorphic and anthropomorphic effigies) and 1926 (dragon effigy) and accessioned in 1936 (accession numbers R7658/1936, R7659/1936 and R7660/1936). They were exhibitied in the museum's "Hall of Primitive Medicine". The items are not held by Wellcome Collection.

September 1948

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession record listing the items in the glass plate negative: accession numbers R7658/1936, R7659/1936 and R7660/1936 (image 266-267).

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 2021.

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