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

Date:
4 August 1938
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/45/43
Part of:
Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
  • Archives and manuscripts

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced November 2021: The use of stones for mortuary purposes in the Naga Hills.

Description

Reproductions of four photographs published in J. H. Hutton: "The Use of Stone in the Naga Hills", Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, vol. 56 (1926). A photograph of the journal page was acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and accessioned in 1938 (accession number PHO 10797). Related images: M0005530

Publication/Creation

4 August 1938

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

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.

Where to find it

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