Macpeto tribe.

Mandel, L.

Date:: [appoximately 1900]

Reference:: 536584i

Part of:: The Fallaize Collection.

Pictures

Collection contents

The Fallaize Collection.
- L. Mandel postcards.
  - Macpeto tribe.536584i

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced July 2022: A young woman of the Macpeto tribe with decorative scarring on her torso. Photographic postcard, ca.1900, by L. Mandel.

Description

A young woman of the Macpeto tribe with decorative scarring on her torso.

Publication/Creation

Khartoum : Victoria Stationary, [appoximately 1900]

Physical description

1 photograph : photoprint

Contributors

Lettering

Bears number: 29

Notes

The title has been taken from wording on the object.

Reference

Wellcome Collection 536584i

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.