M0008699: A man from Melville Island with an amputated leg / M0008699EB: Larakia [Larrakia] woman with the joint of her index finger cut off

Previous title, replaced October 2020: Melville island man and a larakia woman

Two images on one negative: a reproduction of a photograph of the rear view of a man using crutches whose right leg has been amputed at the upper thigh when it was bitten off by a crocodile and a reproduction of a photograph of a woman holding her left hand to display her missing index finder. Published in Spencer, Baldwin: Native tribes of the northern territory of Australia, London: Macmillan, 1914. Related images: M0008700

1942

2 photographs on 1 plate glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

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.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.