Myanmar (Burma): a Padaung woman wearing neck-rings to lengthen the neck. Process print after a bronze sculpture by Malvina Hoffman, ca. 1933.

Called "giraffe women" in popular English-language media

The bust may have been produced by Malvina Hoffman for her exhibition "The races of mankind" commissioned by the Field Museum, Chicago, in 1930 and on exhibition from 1933 to 1968

Chicago : Field Museum of Natural History, [1933?]

1 print : process print ; sheet 9 x 13.9 cm

Select images of this work were taken by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum: WT/D/1/20/1/46/11

Padaung woman, Karen group, Upper Burma. ... Sculpture in bronze by Malvina Hoffman, Chauncey Keep Memorial Hall ... Further description on verso

Wellcome Collection 644971i