M0012643: Ancestoral effigy, Solomon Islands

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Photograph of an ancestoral effigy in carved wood from the Solomon Islands. This item was bought at auction from Stevens' in June 1925 and accessioned by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum (R15757/1936) but is not held by Wellcome Collection. The photograph was included in the catalogue for a Wellcome Historical Medical Museum Exhibition illustrating the medicine of the aboriginal peoples in the British Commonwealth, London, 1952. Related images: M0012644

M0012643: Ancestoral effigy, Solomon Islands

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