M0001042: The clavie used in the Burning of the Clavie ceremony, Scotland

Date:
11 August 1930
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/9/89
Part of:
Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
  • Archives and manuscripts

About this work

Description

Line drawing published in an unknown publication showing a clavie, a cut down barrel filled with tar and wood which is nailed to a pole, set alight and carried around as part of an ancient Scottish custom observed in January.

Publication/Creation

11 August 1930

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 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 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.

Where to find it

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