A Kikuyu woman being circumcised.

Date:: [approximately 1900]

Reference:: 538657i

Part of:: The Fallaize Collection.

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Collection contents

The Fallaize Collection.
- A Kikuyu woman being circumcised.538657i

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced July 2023: An adolescent Kikuyu woman, seated on the ground with blood running down her legs, immediately after clitoridectomy.

Description

A male surgeon stands to the patient's right, holding the knife, other members of the community stand in the background.

Publication/Creation

[approximately 1900]

Physical description

1 photograph : photoprint

Contributors

Fallaize, Edwin Nichol, 1877-1957former owner

Notes

The title has been taken from wording on the object.

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Reference

Wellcome Collection 538657i

Ownership note

Originally collected by British anthropologist Edwin Nichol Fallaize (1877-1957). Purchased by Capt. L.W.G. Malcolm in 1934, on behalf of Sir Henry Solomon Wellcome, for the price of £25. From a letter in the Wellcome archives dated 16th December 1934.