M0005706: Rain charm (Doiom) from the Torres Straits / M0005706EB: Rain charm (Doiom) from the Torres Straits
- Date:
- 23 September 1938
- Reference:
- WT/D/1/20/1/47/16
- Part of:
- Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
- Archives and manuscripts
Collection contents
About this work
Also known as
Previous title, replaced August 2020: Rain charms- DOIOM from Expeditions to the Torres Straits
Description
Two images on one negative: photographs of rain charms, also known as a Doiom, reproduced as plate XI and plate VI in Haddon, Alfred C: Reports of the Cambridge anthropological expedition to Torres Straits. Volume VI. Sociology, Magic and Religion of the Eastern Islanders, Cambridge: University Press, 1908.
Publication/Creation
23 September 1938
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 2020.
Terms of use
Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed storesBy appointment Manual request