M0012538: Illustration of a Haida Shaman's gravehouse

Date:: May 1952

Reference:: WT/D/1/20/1/112/10

Part of:: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive

Archives and manuscripts

Collection contents

Wellcome Trust Corporate ArchiveWT
- Direct activitiesWT/D
  - Library and MuseumWT/D/1
    - Images from the photographic libraryWT/D/1/20
      - Photographic library: "M" seriesWT/D/1/20/1
        "M" series glass plate negatives: M0012529-M0012638WT/D/1/20/1/112
        M0012538: Illustration of a Haida Shaman's gravehouseWT/D/1/20/1/112/10

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced March 2022: Model of haida Shaman's gravehouse.

Description

Photograph of an illustration showing an example of a Haida Shaman's gravehouse. This reproduction was taken from Swanton, John Reed: 'Contributions to the ethnology of the Haida. Memoirs of the AMNH', Publications of the Jesup North Pacific Expedition, Vol 5.1, 1905.

Publication/Creation

May 1952

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 8.3 x 10.8 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 2022.

Terms of use

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