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

Date:
4 August 1938
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/45/17
Part of:
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About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced November 2021: Trophy skulls lashed to a pole of the 'Potuma'

Description

Reproduction of a photograph of two human skulls tied to a pole of the 'Potuma', the club house of the men, taken near Discovery Bay, Papua New Guinea. Originally published in Seligman, C. G: The Melanesians of British New Guinea Cambridge : The University Press, 1910

Publication/Creation

4 August 1938

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Related material

Wellcome Collection holds a copy of the publication from which the image is taken

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

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

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