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

Previous title, replaced November 2021: Illustrations of 2 fire-drillers from N. & S. E. Australia

Two images on one negative: reproductions illustrations of men making fire from North East and South East Australian. Published in Frobenius, Leo: Childhood of man, London, 1909. A photograph of the illustrations was acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and accessioned in 1938 (accession number PHO 10844).

8 August 1938

2 photographs on 1 plate 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 2021.

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