M0005249: Man wearing the jaw bone of a deceased relative, Andaman Islands

Date:
17 November 1937
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/42/80
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Credit

M0005249: Man wearing the jaw bone of a deceased relative, Andaman Islands. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced October 2021: Native wearing jaw of dead relative, Andaman Islands

Description

Photograph of a man from the Andaman Islands wearing the jaw bone of a dead relative suspended down his back, worn as a memorial and to heal sickness. The photograph is from an unknown source.

Publication/Creation

17 November 1937

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 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 2021.

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