Borneo: a boy with a nail (palang) through his penis. Photograph by Harrison W. Smith.
- Smith, Harrison Willard, 1872-1947.
- Date:
- [between 1900 and 1999]
- Reference:
- 646150i
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Publication/Creation
[Borneo] : [publisher not identified], [between 1900 and 1999]
Physical description
1 photograph : photoprint ; sheet 10.5 x 8.7 cm
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Creator/production credits
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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Location Status Access Closed stores