M0005673: Two photographs of scarified Tiv women, Katsina-Ala, Nigeria

Date:: September 1938

Reference:: WT/D/1/20/1/46/82

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Also known as

Previous title, replaced November 2021: Scarified Munshi women, Katsina Ala, Nigeria.

Description

Photographs of the abdomens of two Tiv women from Katsina-Ala, Nigeria. One shows fine scarification, the other shows thick scarification resulting from infection. The photographs were reproduced in volume 21 of a journal Anthropology.

Publication/Creation

September 1938

Physical description

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

Related material

Wellcome Collection holds the item depicted in the glass plate negative: 646057i

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 2021.

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

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