M0005267: Mayan traditional healer invoking the ancient gods of rain and fertility

Date:: 17 November 1937

Reference:: WT/D/1/20/1/42/97

Part of:: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive

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  - Library and MuseumWT/D/1
    - Images from the photographic libraryWT/D/1/20
      - Photographic library: "M" seriesWT/D/1/20/1
        "M" series glass plate negatives: M0005164-M0005269WT/D/1/20/1/42
        M0005267: Mayan traditional healer invoking the ancient gods of rain and fertilityWT/D/1/20/1/42/97

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M0005267: Mayan traditional healer invoking the ancient gods of rain and fertility. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Previous title, replaced November 2021: Maya shaman invoking their ancient gods of rain and fertility. Maya, Central America. Beside him is an altar of sticks and boughs of the sacred Maya herb, jabin. On the alter are calabashes of food and drink includi

Description

A photograph of Maya invoking the ancient gods of rain and fertility Maya, Central America. Beside him is an altar of sticks and boughs of the sacred Maya herb, jabin. On the altar are calabashes of food and drink including balatic, the ceremonial alcoholic drink of the Maya for 2000 years.

Publication/Creation

17 November 1937

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 2021.

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

Subjects

Indigenous peoples

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