M0017079EA: Aboriginal face mask, Australia: front view

Photograph of a wooden face mask painted with a black and white design made by Aboriginal people from near Roebuck Bay, Australia. It was part of the Tabor Collection presented to the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in May 1929 and was accessioned in 1937 (accession number R3835/1937). It is now held by the Science Museum (object number A78467). Related images: M0017079EB, M0017079EC

1958

1 photograph sheet film negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides entries for the item: R3835/1937

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.