M0001951: Reproductions of two photographs with the captions "A shrine of Devi" and "Vedda Magic"

Date:
June 1931
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/18/31
Part of:
Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
  • Archives and manuscripts

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced May 2020: A shrine of Devi

Description

Two images on one negative: the first has the caption "A shrine of Devi" and the second is captioned "Vedda Magic". The images were possibly reproduced from Haggard, Howard W.: Devils, drugs, and doctors : the story of the science of healing from medicine-man to doctor New York : Blue Ribbon Books, [1929].

Publication/Creation

June 1931

Physical description

2 photographs on 1 plate glass plate negative; 8.3 x 10.8 cm

Related material

Wellcome Collection holds an edition of the publication that is possibly depicted in the glass plate negative

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.

Terms of use

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

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