M0008700: Two images of an Aboriginal Australian healer working on a patient, Kakadu

Previous title, replaced October 2020: 2 images of Medicine man, rubbing his hand under his armpit to secure moisture and rub on patient.

Reproductions of two photographs published as figures 68 and 69 in Spencer, Baldwin: Native tribes of the northern territory of Australia, London: Macmillan, 1914. Related images: M0008699, M0008699EB

1942

1 photograph 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 2020.

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