Bamboa tribe.
- Mandel, L.
- Date:
- [approximately 1900]
- Reference:
- 536589i
- Part of:
- The Fallaize Collection.
- Pictures
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About this work
Also known as
Previous title, replaced July 2022: A young woman of the Bamboa tribe, wearing beads and with decorative scarring on her abdomen. Photographic postcard, ca.1900, by L. Mandel.
Description
A young woman, wearing beads and with decorative scarring on her abdomen.
Publication/Creation
Khartoum : Victoria Stationary, [approximately 1900]
Physical description
1 photograph : photoprint
Lettering
Bears number: 58
Notes
The title has been taken from wording on the object.
Reference
Wellcome Collection 536589i
Ownership note
Originally collected by British anthropologist Edwin Nichol Fallaize (1877-1957). Purchased by Capt. L.W.G. Malcolm in 1934, on behalf of Sir Henry Solomon Wellcome, for the price of £25. From a letter in the Wellcome archives dated 16th December 1934.
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Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores