Borneo: a boy with a nail (palang) through his penis. Photograph by Harrison W. Smith.

  • Harrison Willard Smith
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[between 1900 and 1999]
Reference:
646150i
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Borneo: a boy with a nail (palang) through his penis. Photograph by Harrison W. Smith. Wellcome Collection. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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[Borneo] : [between 1900 and 1999]

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1 photograph : photoprint ; sheet 10.5 x 8.7 cm

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Attribution to Harrison W. Smith from exhibition label of the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum on a similar photograph in the same collection (Wellcome Library catalogue no. 646144i): "Palangs. Used by natives of Borneo for insertion through the penis. Presented by Prof. Harrison W. Smith."

Reference

Wellcome Collection 646150i

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English

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