M0008545: Two carved human figures from the Hermit Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea

Previous title, replaced September 2020: Figures of Europeans, sexual organs are afflicted with elephantiasis, Hermit Islands.

Reproduction of photographs of two carved human figures created by Kaniet people from the Bismark Archipelago. Reproduced in Lips, Julius: The savage hits back: the white man through native eyes, London: Lovat Dickson, 1937. Related images: M0008544, M0008546

01 April 1942

1 photograph 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.