A woman wearing a head covering and bangles on her wrists, posing naked holding a bamboo pole.
- Reference:
- 534909i
- Part of:
- The Fallaize Collection.
- Pictures
About this work
Also known as
Title replaced, April 2022: A young African woman posing naked except for a loincloth, leaning on a bamboo pole in a photographic studio. Photograph, ca. 1900.
Description
This woman is possibly of African descent? Also, a protrusion is visible from her stomach.
Physical description
1 photograph : photoprint
Contributors
Lettering
Bears number: EF1044
Number handwritten on the verso: 6
Notes
This work is untitled: the title has been supplied by the cataloguer.
Reference
Wellcome Collection 534909i
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.
Type/Technique
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores