M0018331EB: Carved wooden effigy of a pregnant woman, Ivory Coast: side view

Previous title, replaced October 2020: Figure representing pregnant woman, Ivory Coast, West Africa.

Photograph of a carved wooden figure of a pregnant woman from the Ivory Coast, West Africa. It was purchased at auction by the Wellcome Historical Medical Musem in 1931 and accessioned in 1937 (accession number R572/1937). It was removed from the Museum's holdings in 1965. Related images: M0018331EA

November 1960

1 photograph glass plate negative; 8.3 x 10.8 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides an entry for the item: R572/1937

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.