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M0005498: "Death and life contrasted", coloured etching after R. Dighton

Coloured etching, 18th century, showing the left side of a man as a skeleton holding a spade and the right side of the man living as a nobleman with objects symbolising vain pleasures. Related images: V0042172

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Photographic library: "M" series

"M" series glass plate negatives: M0005488-M0005589

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

M0005488: Large, white amphora with pointed base, long neck and two handles bearing seals, Cyprus, 5-4th century B.C.

M0005489: Seal on a large, white amphora with pointed base, long neck and two handles bearing seals, Cyprus, 5-4th century B.C.

M0005490: Seal on a large, white amphora with pointed base, long neck and two handles bearing seals, Cyprus, 5-4th century B.C.

M0005491: Egyptian figure of a cat: side view

M0005492: Egyptian figure of a cat: front view

M0005493: View of the Roman baths, Bath

M0005494: Patients attending a physician, 13th century

M0005495: Patients attending a physician, 15th century

M0005496: A physician examining a pregnant woman's urine, mezzotint

M0005497: Portrait of Johann Friedrich Struensee (1737-1772)

M0005499: "A man-mid-wife", from Fores: <i>Man-midwifery dissected</i>, 1793

M0005500: Horse brasses used as a charm

M0005501: Horse brasses used as a charm

M0005502: Headdress used in Bundu Secret Society, Sierra Leone

M0005503: Determination of the longest day, Borneo

M0005504: Two human skulls lashed to a pole of the 'Potuma'

M0005505: A group of Zulu men wearing penis sheaths, West Africa

M0005506: Several detatched Punan heads tied to a post, Borneo

M0005507: "A Sea Dayak head feast"

M0005508: A man in a field with human skulls on poles, Goaribani Island, South Pacific

M0005509: Kayan woman dancing, Borneo

M0005510: Skulls in a Kayan house, Borneo

M0005511: Peace-making between the Baram and Batang Kayan tribes, Marudi, Malaysia

M0005512: Kenyah man collecting ipoh poison, Borneo

M0005513: A Kenyah house fenced in to protect against enemies, Borneo

M0005514: Kenyah man making dart posion

M0005515: Group of Kenyah posing in the mode of attack, Borneo

M0005516: A Kenyah man attaching a spear blade to a blowpipe, Borneo

M0005517: Kenyahs hollowing out a blowpipe, Borneo

M0005518: Illustration of a Maori man performing the tutu ngarahu war dance

M0005519: Atninga party performing a Boomerang dance, Australia

M0005520: Ceremony associated with pregnancy / M0005521: "Rite of war magic", Melanesia

M0005522: Man standing beneath a structure erected to ensure good health to twins, Bopoto, Congo

M0005523: Group of Maasai warriors

M0005524: The "Taboo goblins" of Urama Island, Papua New Guinea

M0005525: Sacred birch bark records

M0005526: Two Arrernte people kneeling with a totem pole

M0005527: Ceremony of the opposum totem of Arimurla, Northern Territory, Australia

M0005528: An Iban, or Sea Dayak, man

M0005529: Sacrificial poles outside a Kenyah village

M0005530: Photographs of a standing stone (menhir), Naga Hills

M0005531: Photographs of the use of stones for mortuary purposes, Naga Hills

M0005532: An Iban, or Sea Dayak, with long hair and tattoos

M0005533: Tama Usong, Chief of the Uma Poh Kayans, Borneo

M0005534: Oyong Nyaring, Chief of the Punan Bahs, Borneo

M0005535: Lujai, a Ukit man, Sarawak

M0005536: A Lirong girl, Sarawak

M0005537: A female Iban, or Sea Dayak, wearing a corset

M0005538: A young Iban, or Sea Dayak, woman and man

M0005539: Three corsets worn by Iban, or Sea Dayak, and Land Dayak women

M0005540: An Iban, or Sea Dayak, woman, Borneo

M0005541: Illustration of a fire making method using friction, New South Wales

M0005542: Illustration of a Besiapi, a Dayak fire syringe

M0005543: Illustration of a fire making method using a fire saw, after the Burmese and Malay method

M0005544: Illustrations of fire making using a cord drill, Alasak, and mouth drill, British Columbia

M0005545: Illustrations of fire making apparatus, Alaska

M0005546: Illustration of a fire drill from Alaska

M0005547: Illustration of a fire making set, Somalia, and an illustration of two people using a hand drill to create fire, Taveita, Tanzania

M0005548: Illustration of a fire stick (Fefo), New Guinea

M0005549: Illustration of a wooden tool for making fire, Fiji

M0005550: Illustration of carved fire sticks (goi goi), Torres Strait Islands

M0005551: Illustration of fire making with friction, New South Wales

M0005552: Illustration of fire making with friction, New South Wales

M0005553: Illustrations of four fire making tools

M0005554: Two illustrations of men using a hand drill to create fire, Australia

M0005555: Illustration of wooden tools used to make fire, Hawaii

M0005556: Two illustrations of wooden tools for making fire from Australia and the East Indian Archipelago

M0005557: Two photographs of fire making tools, China

M0005558: Photograph of a fire piston and a "pusa" used for making fire

M0005559: Illustration of fire making tools, Samoa

M0005560: Illustration of fire making tools, North Johnstone, Queensland

M0005561: Female image on carved from a piece of coal, Torres Strait Islands

M0005562: Illustration of fire making apparatus, Solomon Islands

M0005563: Illustration of fire making by blowing

M0005564: Illustration of a fire stick from New Zealand

M0005565: Illustration of an Iroquois, also Haudenosaunee, pump drill for fire making

M0005566: Illustration of two people using a string drill, or bow drill, to create fire, West Madagascar

M0005567: Illustration of a fire making set  from Tasiilaq (formerly Angmagssalik), Greenland

M0005568: Illustration of two Lozi, or Barotse, men using a hand drill to create fire, Central South Africa

M0005569: Illustration of a hand drill used to create fire by the Hupa people, California

M0005570: Illustration of a Chimila person using a hand drill to create fire, north Columbia

M0005571: Illustration of a man using a hand drill to create fire, New South Wales, Australia

M0005572: Young girl from the Andaman Islands: front view

M0005573: Young girl from the Andaman Islands: side view

M0005574: Illustrations of tattoo designs seen during an expedition to the Torres Straits

M0005575: Illustrations with the caption "Tattoo designs used in medicine"

M0005576: Tattoo designs used in medicine

M0005577: Photograph of a Melanesian man with tattoos on his chest

M0005578: Five Waima girls showing their tattoos

M0005579: Bagobo woman with filed teeth

M0005580: Three Azande people showing their sharpened teeth

M0005581: Illustrations of 13 mouths showing tooth extractions

M0005582: Arrernte man showing the hole made in his tongue, Australia

M0005583: Drawings of cicatrization designs, Torres Strait Islands

M0005584: Four photographs of body painting designs, Cape York, Australia

M0005585: Girl with body painting, North Queensland

M0005586: Illustration of upper front teeth altered to fashion

M0005587: Drawing of a cranium modified through head flattening

M0005588 and M0005589: Drawings of the posterior view of the cranium modified through head flattening

M0005498: "Death and life contrasted", coloured etching after R. Dighton

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