M0005600: Bust of a Kayan Lahwi woman wearing neck-rings to lengthen the neck
- Date:
- August 1938
- Reference:
- WT/D/1/20/1/46/11
- Part of:
- Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Collection contents
About this work
Also known as
Previous title, replaced November 2021: Myanmar (Burma): a Padaung woma
Description
Process print of a bronze sculpture by Malvina Hoffman, c.1933, possibly produced for her exhibition "The races of mankind" commissioned by the Field Museum, Chicago, in 1930 and on exhibition from 1933 to 1968.
Publication/Creation
August 1938
Physical description
1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm
Related material
Wellcome Collection holds the item depicted in the glass plate negative: 644971i.
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 2021.
Terms of use
Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.
Subjects
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed storesBy appointment Manual request