M0000702: African traditional healer's horsehair outfit and mask

Previous title, replaced May 2020: African medicine man, dress with horsehair and grotesque mask

Photograph of an African traditional healer's horsehair outfit and mask. The item was previously part of the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum but is not held by Wellcome Collection.

01 January 1930

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds a printed photograph version of the image: WA/PHO/Hmm/4

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.

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