M0017882: Wooden divination tablets, Mashona, Southern Zimbabwe

Previous title, replaced October 2020: Divination plaques of wood, Mashona, Southern Zimbabwe.

Photograph of a set of four wooden divination tablets used by traditional healers, from Southern Zimbabwe. They were purchased at auction by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in in 1933 and accessioned in 1936 (accession number R4858/1936). They are not held by Wellcome Collection. Related images: M0017880, M0017881, M0017882, M0017883

April 1960

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides an entry for the items: R4858/1936

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.

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