M0005727: Batonga woman after having her front teeth removed
- Date:
- 23 September 1938
- Reference:
- WT/D/1/20/1/47/38
- Part of:
- Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Collection contents
About this work
Also known as
Previous title, replaced August 2020: Batonga Beauty by having front teeth removed
Description
Photograph of a Batonga woman displaying the traditional practice of having her front teeth removed. The photograph was acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in June 1932 (accession number PHO 1134).
Publication/Creation
23 September 1938
Physical description
1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm
Related material
Wellcome Collection holds the accession record listing the item in the glass plate negative: accession number 1134 (image 52).
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.
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Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed storesBy appointment Manual request