M0005293: A circumcision operation, Nupe, North Nigeria

Previous title, replaced November 2021: A circumcision operation, Nupe, North Nigeria

Reproduction of two photographs by S.F. Nadel, 1937, showing the circumcision of a boy in Nupe, Nigeria. The original photographs were taken by Dr Nadel are held by Wellcome Collection (references 644302i and 644301i) and were presented to the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in June 1937. Related images: M005294

November 1937

2 photographs on 1 plate glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the items depicted in the glass plate negative: 644301i and 644302i

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 2021.

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