Plaster model of medicine man sucking out disease with bonetube

Made:
1943 in London
maker:
Jane Jackson

Plaster model of medicine man sucking out disease (by means of a bonetube) of a prostrate patient, as practiced by Ojibwe Indians, bronze painted, on large wooden base, made by Jane Jackson, 34 Criffel Avenue, London, SW1, England, 1943.

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A656667
Materials:
plaster and wood, base
Measurements:
base: length 1180 mm
base: width 710 mm
overall: height 475 mm
base: height 120 mm
type:
statues