M0003046: Cup presented to the Wigwaum Club by Sir Henry Wellcome

Date:
13 May 1932
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/24/78
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Credit

M0003046: Cup presented to the Wigwaum Club by Sir Henry Wellcome. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Cup presented to the Wigwam Club by Sir H. Wellcome

Description

Photograph of a silver cup presented to the Wigwaum [Wigwam] Club by Sir Henry Wellcome, showing side engraved with an copy of The Scalp Dance, a painting by George Catlin. The Wigwam Club was one of the men-only, private social clubs Wellcome was involved in during the late nineteenth century. Its name references Wellcome's lifelong interest in Indigenous American cultures. The item was previously part of the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum but is not held by Wellcome Collection. Related Images: M0003045

Publication/Creation

13 May 1932

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 25.3 x 30.5 cm

Related material

Wellcome Collection holds other photographs of the cup and associated artwork: WA/HSW/PH/E

Copyright note

Copyright held by Wellcome Collection.

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 2020.

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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