M0003680: Photograph of string armour, adl and knobkerries

Date:
November 1933
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/30/49
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Credit

M0003680: Photograph of string armour, adl and knobkerries. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Native string armour, 1 adl and 2 Knob-Kerries.

Description

Photograph of a string armour jacket, one adl [axe] and two knobkerries. Assumed to be from the African continent as knobkerries are largely used in Southern and Eastern Africa. These items are from Mrs Anderson's collection, Inverness Terrace, London

Publication/Creation

November 1933

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16 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 2021.

Terms of use

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