A woman wearing a head covering and bangles on her wrists, posing naked holding a bamboo pole.

Reference:: 534909i

Part of:: The Fallaize Collection.

Pictures

Collection contents

The Fallaize Collection.
- Photographic portraits.
  - A woman wearing a head covering and bangles on her wrists, posing naked holding a bamboo pole.534909i

About this work

Also known as

Title replaced, April 2022: A young African woman posing naked except for a loincloth, leaning on a bamboo pole in a photographic studio. Photograph, ca. 1900.

Description

This woman is possibly of African descent? Also, a protrusion is visible from her stomach.

Physical description

1 photograph : photoprint

Contributors

Fallaize, Edwin Nichol, 1877-1957former owner

Lettering

Bears number: EF1044 Number handwritten on the verso: 6

Notes

This work is untitled: the title has been supplied by the cataloguer.

Reference

Wellcome Collection 534909i

Ownership note

Originally collected by British anthropologist Edwin Nichol Fallaize (1877-1957). Purchased by Capt. L.W.G. Malcolm in 1934, on behalf of Sir Henry Solomon Wellcome, for the price of £25. From a letter in the Wellcome archives dated 16th December 1934.