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M0003730: Photograph of an individual with scarification on their back
Date: December 1933Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/30/98Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive- Pictures
Nigeria: two examples of scarification in Munshi women, Katsina Ala. Photograph.
Date: [between 1900 and 1999]Reference: 646057i