M0005582: Arrernte man showing the hole made in his tongue, Australia

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people should be aware that the photograph contains images of deceased personsReproduction of a photograph of an Arrernte, or Arunta, man, a traditional healer according to the book caption, displaying his tongue which has a hole in it. Published in Spencer, Baldwin and Gillen, Francis James: The Arunta: a study of a stone age people, London: Macmillan and Co, 1927. A print of the book illustration was acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and accessioned in 1938 (accession number PHO 10863).

M0005582: Arrernte man showing the hole made in his tongue, Australia

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