M0012833: Divinatory effigy used by the Yarsi for prognosis of disease, Sierra Leone
- Date:
- January 1953
- Archives and manuscripts
About this work
Description
Photograph of a divinatory effigy in the shape of a female figure in black wood, Mendiland, Sierra Leone. This item was acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum (R4155/1936). The accession register suggests this may have been used by the Yarsi, a women's secret society, primarily for divination and prognosis of disease.
Publication/Creation
January 1953
Physical description
1 photograph
glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm
glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm
Related material
Wellcome Collection holds the accession register for the item depicted in the glass plate negative:R4155/1936
Copyright note
Copyright held by Wellcome Collection
Terms of use
Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item Open.
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 2022.
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Where to find it
Location of original
Wellcome Library; GB.
Location Access Closed storesCan't be requested Note