M0012407: Two female figures, Dahomey

Previous title, replaced March 2022: Two steatopyous figures said to represent Dahomey pygmies,

Photograph of two female figures, possibly representing women from Dahomey, West Africa. These items were accessioned by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum (R14054/1936) but are not held by Wellcome Collection.

March 1952

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession registers for one of the items depicted in the glass plate negative:R14054/1936

Copyright is held by Wellcome Collection

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.

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