M0005691: West African charm to ward off thieves

Previous title, replaced November 2021: Illustration of West African charm against thieves

Reproduction of two photographs published in Hutchinson, Walter: Customs of the world : a popular account of the manners, rites and ceremonies of men and women in all countries, volume II, London: Hutchinson, 1913. Photographs of the book plates were acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and accessioned in 1938 (accession number PHO 10934). The photographs show an item made from plants, feathers, sticks and other materials in a field, described by Hutchinson as being a charm against thieves

23 September 1938

2 photographs on 1 plate glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

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.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.