M0019746: Leather divination plaques, Uganda

Previous title, replaced July 2022: Divination plaques of leather, Beganda, Uganda.

Photograph of divination plaques of leather with bells attached worn by the person doing the divination. It was presented to the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1925 and accessioned in 1937 (accession number R3567/1937). It was removed from the Museum's holdings in 1965

December 1963

1 photograph sheet film negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides an entry for the item: R3567/1937

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.

This item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.