M0012644: Ancestoral effigy, Solomon Islands

Date:
August 1952
  • Archives and manuscripts

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Description

Photograph of an ancestoral effigy in carved wood from the Solomon Islands. This item was accessioned by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum (R15757/1936) but is not held by Wellcome Collection. Related images: M0012643

Publication/Creation

August 1952

Physical description

1 photograph
glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Related material

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register for the item depicted in the glass plate negative:R15757/1936

Copyright note

Copyright is held by Wellcome Collection

Terms of use

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

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.

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Location of original

Wellcome Library; GB.
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