M0005547: Illustration of a fire making set, Somalia, and an illustration of two people using a hand drill to create fire, Taveita, Tanzania
- Date:
- 8 August 1938
- Reference:
- WT/D/1/20/1/45/59
- Part of:
- Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
- Archives and manuscripts
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About this work
Also known as
Previous title, replaced November 2021: Fire-making sets and Javeita apieans making fire
Description
Reproduction of two illustrations published in Hough, Walter: Fire-making apparatus in the U.S. National Museum, Washington, 1888. Photographs of the illustrations were acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and accessioned in 1938 (accession number PHO 10852).
Publication/Creation
8 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.
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Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed storesBy appointment Manual request