M0005534: Oyong Nyaring, Chief of the Punan Bahs, Borneo

Date:
8 August 1938
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/45/46
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About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced November 2021: Chief of the Punans with ears pierced and stretched in loops.

Description

Mounted reproduction of a photograph of a Punan Bah Chief. The photograph was original published in Hose, Charles: The pagan tribes of Borneo, London, 1912. A print of the photograph was acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and accessioned in 1938 (accession number PHO 10824). Related images: V0037451

Publication/Creation

8 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: 31128i

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.

Where to find it

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