M0012661: Kovave bark mask, New Guinea.

Date:
August 1952
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/113/18
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M0012661: Kovave bark mask, New Guinea. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Previous title, replaced August 2022: Bark mask, New Guinea.

Description

Photograph of a Kovave bark mask, painted red, brown and white, used in initiation ceremonies of the Elema people of the Papuan Gulf, New Guinea. This item was bought at auction from Stevens in August 1931 and accessioned by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum (R8259/1936) but is not held by Wellcome Collection.

Publication/Creation

August 1952

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Related material

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register for the item depicted in the glass plate negative:R8259/1936

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Copyright is held by Wellcome Collection

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 2022.

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