M0002710: A Zulu or Kaffir man dancing to treat pleurisy / M0002710EB: A Zulu or Kaffir man

Previous title, replaced September 2024: Zulu witch doctor dancing, South Africa

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Zulu witch doctor dancing, South Africa

Left-hand side on plate: Photograph of a framed painting, possibly of a sangoma in Sudan dancing to treat a man with pleurisy, with handwritten caption underneath the frame, "Zulu or Kaffir Witch-Doctor, Dancing, South Africa", likely in preparation to be displayed in the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum. Right-hand side on plate: Photograph of a half tone print, possibly after a drawing, of a man, possibly a sudanese sangoma, standing and smoking a cigarette.

04 January 1932

2 photographs on 1 plate glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

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.

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