M0012650: Carved wooden hook, New Guinea / M0012651: Ikenga figure, South Nigeria

Previous title, replaced August 2022: Domestic hook, New Guinea/Previous title, replaced August 2022: Effigy of Ikenga, South Nigeria

Photograph of a carved wooden hook in the form of a seated woman from the Sepik river area, New Guinea alongside a wooden Ikenga figure in warrior form, horned, holding a knife and severed head, from South Nigeria, as on display in the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum. These items were accessioned by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum (R2602/1936, R15957/1936) but are not held by Wellcome Collection. .

August 1952

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register for an item depicted in the glass plate negative:R15957/1936.

Copyright is 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.

This item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.