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Indigenous peoples

Images

  • M0005600: Bust of a Kayan Lahwi woman wearing neck-rings to lengthen the neck
  • M0000038: Palang (ampallang) beneath a photograph of it in use
  • M0000038: Palang (ampallang) beneath a photograph of it in use
  • M0005577: Photograph of a Melanesian man with tattoos on his chest
  • M0005722: a Gurage woman tattooing another on the wrist
  • M0005675: Sara woman with greatly distended upper and lower lips
  • M0005600: Bust of a Kayan Lahwi woman wearing neck-rings to lengthen the neck
  • M0000038: Palang (ampallang) beneath a photograph of it in use
  • M0005722: a Gurage woman tattooing another on the wrist
  • M0005675: Sara woman with greatly distended upper and lower lips
All images (12)

Catalogue

    • Archives and manuscripts

    M0000626: Masked members of the Egbo Society

    | Date: 21 November 1929 | Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/6/50
    Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
    • Archives and manuscripts
    • Online

    M0005313: A group of women preparing the hair of the bride for a Zulu wedding dance

    | Date: November 1937 | Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/43/44
    Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
    • Archives and manuscripts
    • Online

    M0000854: Congolese carved female figure

    | Date: 28 July 1930 | Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/8/41
    Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
    • Archives and manuscripts
    • Online

    M0005532: An Iban, or Sea Dayak, with long hair and tattoos

    | Date: 4 August 1938 | Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/45/44
    Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
    • Archives and manuscripts
    • Online

    M0005356: Boys from the Poro secret society wearing skirts for dancing

    | Date: December 1937 | Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/43/85
    Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
All works (186)

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