Australia: an aboriginal man (Ned Woolnah?) with a bone through his nose. Photograph by Henry King, ca. 1890.

  • King, Henry, 1855-1923.
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[1890?]
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644854i
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Australia: an aboriginal man (Ned Woolnah?) with a bone through his nose. Photograph by Henry King, ca. 1890. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Shows scarification on arms and trunk. The same man is apparently shown in a photograph in the South Australian Museum, Adelaide, Paul Foelsche photographs, pl. 207, named as Ned Woolnah, aged 27

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Sydney : H. King, Photo, [1890?]

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1 photograph : photoprint, albumen ; sheet 20.3 x 13.9 cm

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Northern Australia aboriginal (H. King photo Sydney) Bears number: 794

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Wellcome Collection 644854i

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