M0008995: Plaster model of a medicine man sucking out disease: rear view
- Date:
- 03 April 1944
- Archives and manuscripts
About this work
Description
Photograph of the rear view of a plaster model of a medicine man sucking out disease from a patient with a bone tube, as practiced by the Ojibwe people of North America (also known as Ojibwa or Chippewa). The model was made by Jane Jackson and is based on a drawing by Harold L. MacDonald published in the Seventh Annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 1885-1886. The model was acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and accessioned in 1944 (accession number R7/1944). It is now held by the Science Museum (object number A656667). Related images: M0008993, M0008994
Publication/Creation
03 April 1944
Physical description
1 photograph
glass plate negative; 16.5 x 21.5 cm
glass plate negative; 16.5 x 21.5 cm
Notes
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 2020.
Copyright note
Copyright is held by Wellcome Collection
Terms of use
Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item By Appointment.
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Where to find it
Location of original
Wellcome Library; GB.
Location Status Access Closed storesBy appointment Manual request