A young woman poses naked, except for brass adornments around her lower legs, wrists, elbows, neck and head.
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- 534912i
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About this work
Also known as
Previous title, replaced April 2022: A young African woman posing naked except for jewellery, in a rural landscape, with huts in the background. Photograph, ca. 1928.
Physical description
1 photograph : photoprint
Lettering
Ibo, Nigeria, girl. The girls of the village Aguleri are naked, but use lots of brass-ornaments
Lettering written on the verso
Notes
This work is untitled: the title has been supplied by the cataloguer.
Accession number: PHO1334
Reference
Wellcome Collection 534912i
Ownership note
Formerly attributed to the collection of British anthropologist Edwin Nichol Fallaize (1877-1957). Purchased by Capt. L.W.G. Malcolm in 1934, on behalf of Sir Henry Solomon Wellcome, for the price of £25. From a letter in the Wellcome archives dated 16th December 1934. The accession number found recorded on the verso of the photograph indicates this image was accessioned into the Wellcome Collection on 3rd August 1932.