M0012650: Carved wooden hook, New Guinea / M0012651: Ikenga figure, South Nigeria
- Date:
- August 1952
- Archives and manuscripts
About this work
Description
Photograph of a carved wooden hook in the form of a seated woman from the Sepik river area, New Guinea alongside a wooden Ikenga figure in warrior form, horned, holding a knife and severed head, from South Nigeria, as on display in the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum. These items were accessioned by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum (R2602/1936, R15957/1936) but are not held by Wellcome Collection. .
Publication/Creation
August 1952
Physical description
1 photograph
glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm
glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm
Related material
Wellcome Collection holds the accession register for an item depicted in the glass plate negative:R15957/1936.
Copyright note
Copyright is held by Wellcome Collection
Terms of use
This item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item Open.
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 2022.
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Location of original
Wellcome Library; GB.
Location Access Closed storesCan't be requested Note