M0000701: African traditional healer's string knitted suit and mask
- Date:
- 01 January 1930
- Reference:
- WT/D/1/20/1/7/15
- Part of:
- Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Collection contents
About this work
Also known as
Previous title, replaced May 2020: African medicine man, string knitted suit, black & white mask
Description
Photograph of a model of an African traditional healer's string knitted suit and black and white mask on display in the "Hall of Primitive Medicine" at Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in the early twentieth century. The suit is not held by Wellcome Collection.
Publication/Creation
01 January 1930
Physical description
1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm
Related material
Wellcome Collection holds a printed photograph version of the image: WA/PHO/Hmm/4
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.
Subjects
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed storesBy appointment Manual request