An Aboriginal man with a scarification on his shoulder. Photograph by Henry King, ca. 1890.

  • King, Henry, 1855-1923.
Date:
[1890?]
Reference:
646090i
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The Fallaize Collection.
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An Aboriginal man with a scarification on his shoulder. Photograph by Henry King, ca. 1890. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Previous title, replaced June 2022: Australia: an Aboriginal man with a raised (septic?) scarification on his shoulder. Photograph by Henry King, ca. 1890.

Publication/Creation

Sydney : H. King, Photo, [1890?]

Physical description

1 photograph : photoprint, albumen ; sheet 20.1 x 14.8 cm

Lettering

Aus.n aborigine (Queensland) H. King Sydney. Reg.d Bears number: No. 1406

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Reference

Wellcome Collection 646090i

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.

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