M0005270: Traditional healer preparing medicine, Kxatla, South Africa / M0005270EB: Traditional healer divining the cause of a patients illness, Transvaal, South Africa

Previous title, replaced November 2021: Rain maker preparing his medicine, Kxatla, South Africa

Reproduction of two photographs. One is of a traditional healer preparing medicine. The patient is lying on the ground wrapped in a blanket, surrounded by a circle of women and children. The other shows a traditional healer divining the cause of a patient's illness. Both were originally published in The Bantu-speaking tribes of South Africa by I. Schapera, Routledge & sons, 1937, p.232

November 1937

2 photographs on 1 plate glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

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 2021.

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