M0012417: Figure of a Haida Shaman

Previous title, replaced March 2022: Figure of a Haida Shaman, broken legs and starvation

Photograph of a carved wooden figure memoralising a Haida Shaman showing causes of death through broken legs and starvation. This reproduction was taken from a photograph presented by G.P.L. Milnes from the Cranmore Ethnographical Museum, Chislehurst.

March 1952

1 photograph 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 2022.

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