M0004168EA: Wood Sambosa dancer holding hand to his face suffering face ache / M0004168EB: Carving of Myoga Zingiber (Japanese ginger)

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Wood Sambosa dancer holding hand to his face suffering face ache.

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Wood shoot of Myoga Zingiber.

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Wood shoot of Myoga Zingiber.

A reproduction of two photographs. The top photograph is of a netsuke of a wooden Sambosa dancer holding hand to his face suffering face ache, signed by Miwa. The bottom photograph is a wooden carving of a shoot of Myoga Zingiber, a Japanese ginger, native to Japan and also found in South Korea. Myoga shoots are considered a great delicacy inn Japan but over indulging are believed to result in memory loss.

1 February 1935

2 photographs on 1 plate glass plate negative; 12 x 16 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 2021.

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