M0017598: Bowed lute from West Africa, reverse side

Previous title, replaced October 2020: Africa Rattle

Photograph of the reverse side of a bowed lute, without the bow, from the Hausa area of West Africa. It was purchased at auction by the Wellcome Historical Medical in 1930 and given accession number A190506. It is not held by Wellcome Collection. Related images: M0017508

October 1959

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession index card for the item: A190506

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.

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