M0003744: Facial scarification relating to the Mongo tribe, Upper Congo

Date:
December 1933
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/31/11
Part of:
Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
  • Archives and manuscripts

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced May 2020: The Mongo Tribal mask, wheal like marks on foreground and beside ear on cheek

Description

Photograph of a print publication of Photograph of a male individual with the caption "The Mongo Tribal mask." The Mongo tribe occupied a large part of the upper reaches of the Lulongo river, in Upper Congo. The "mask" is a scarification with wheal-like marks on foreground and beside the ea, on the cheek.

Publication/Creation

December 1933

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 8 x 11 cm

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.

Terms of use

This item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.

Where to find it

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