M0000431: A Khoekhoen woman displaying steatopygia

Date:
1929
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/5/18
Part of:
Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
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Contains: 1 image

In copyright

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Credit

M0000431: A Khoekhoen woman displaying steatopygia. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced May 2020: A female Hottentot, with steatopygy,

Description

A photograph of a nude Khoekhoen woman displaying steatopygia resulting in substantial levels of tissue on the buttocks and thighs. The photograph is from an unknown publication.

Publication/Creation

1929

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

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 2020.

Terms of use

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