M0002723: Dyak transference of suffering to inanimate substitute

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Dyak transference of suffering to inanimate substitute

Reproduction from an unidentified publication of a practice of the Dyak people of Borneo, to transfer suffering from people to inanimate objects, after a photograph, with caption underneath. Related images: M0005855, M0005856

04 January 1932

1 photograph glass plate negative; 8.3 x 10.8 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 2020.

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