M0005271: Three images of a man looking to the sky and making a concoction, Katla, South Africa

Previous title, replaced November 2021: Dorako man making medicine and prevent the rain from falling

Reproduction of three photographs of a man possibly making medicine to prevent it raining. Two images show the man raising his arms to the sky. The third shows the man making a concoction. Originally published in the journal Man, from the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland

November 1937

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

Wellcome Collection holds the publication depicted in the glass plate negative

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.

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