M0000038: Palang (ampallang) beneath a photograph of it in use

Date:: 03 June 1929

Reference:: WT/D/1/20/1/2/37

Part of:: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive

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Wellcome Trust Corporate ArchiveWT
- Direct activitiesWT/D
  - Library and MuseumWT/D/1
    - Images from the photographic libraryWT/D/1/20
      - Photographic library: "M" seriesWT/D/1/20/1
        "M" series glass plate negatives: M0000002-M0000124WT/D/1/20/1/2
        M0000038: Palang (ampallang) beneath a photograph of it in useWT/D/1/20/1/2/37

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M0000038: Palang (ampallang) beneath a photograph of it in use. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Ampalang, for insertion through the penis.

Description

A palang (also known in western society as an ampallang), a short metal pin with a carved bone button at each end for insertion through the penis horizontally as a form of birthcontrol. The image of the palang sits beneath a photograph from Dyak, Borneo, of it inserted in an anonymous man's penis.

Publication/Creation

03 June 1929

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: 646144i

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 2020.

Terms of use

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