M0005502: Headdress used in Bundu Secret Society, Sierra Leone
- Date:
- 4 August 1938
- Reference:
- WT/D/1/20/1/45/15
- Part of:
- Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Collection contents
About this work
Also known as
Previous title, replaced November 2021: Head-dress used in Burdu Secret Society, Sierra Leone
Description
Photograph of a headdress used in Bundu Secret Society, also known as Sande, a women's society based in the Central West Atlantic Region of Africa. The headdress was previously part of the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum but is not held by Wellcome Collection.
Publication/Creation
4 August 1938
Physical description
1 photograph glass plate negative; 16.5 x 21.5 cm
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 2021.
Copyright note
Copyright is held by Wellcome Collection
Terms of use
Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed storesBy appointment Manual request