M0011444: A group of South African women and children, one woman is breastfeeding a child

Previous title, replaced April 2021: Hotentot suckling, from Woman, 1935

Reproduction of an illustration published in Ploss, Hermann Heinrich: Woman : an historical, gynaecological and anthropological compendium, London : W. Heinemann ltd., 1935. Related images: M0011442, M0011443

1950

1 photograph 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.