M0005113: Japanense somen mask
- Date:
- 8 February 1937
- Reference:
- WT/D/1/20/1/41/62
- Part of:
- Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
About this work
Also known as
Previous title, replaced November 2021: Japanense Somen Mask (AWAITING MORE INFO)
Description
Photograph of a Japanense somen mask, a form of samuri facial armour covering the whole face. The object was misidentified when it was acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum as a full face iron executioner's mask. It is still held by Wellcome Collection and was previously on display in the Medicine Man gallery. Related images: M0005114
Publication/Creation
8 February 1937
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.
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.
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed storesBy appointment Manual request