M0012650: Carved wooden hook, New Guinea / M0012651: Ikenga figure, South Nigeria

Date:
August 1952
  • Archives and manuscripts

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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

Related material

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register for an item depicted in the glass plate negative:R15957/1936.

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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.
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