M0008707: Mortuary hut in graveyard, Nicobar Islands

Previous title, replaced October 2020: Mortuary hut in graveyard for dying, Nicobar.

Photograph of a mortuary hut for the dying, Nicobar Islands, published in Solomon, V. “Extracts from Diaries Kept in Car Nicobar.” The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, vol. 32, 1902, pp. 202–237

1942

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the publication depicted in the glass plate negative

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.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.