M0012900: Te noa, an obstetrical belt from Vaitupu, Tuvalu

Previous title, replaced January 2022: Abdominal bandage (Te noa), plaited straw, Vaitupu, Ellice Islands

Photograph of an obstetrical belt known as Te noa from Vaitupu, Tuvalu. The belt is made from bark and plaited straw and was acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum (R6173/1937) from Dr. Donald Gilbert Kennedy, a British Colonial service administrator based in Tuvalu, then known as the Ellice Islands. The item is now held by the Science Museum (A96753).

April 1953

1 photograph glass plate negative; 8.3 x 10.8 cm

Copyright held by Wellcome Collection

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 2022.

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