Shrunken head with long hair
- Made:
- before 1928 in Ecuador
Shrunken head with long hair, decorated with feathers, by Jivaro tribe, Ecuador
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A63428
- Materials:
- human hair, human skin, feather, beads, glass and thread, texile
- Measurements:
-
overall: 595 mm x 83 mm x 108 mm, .175 kg
head only: 118 mm x 83 mm x 108 mm,
- type:
- shrunken head
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust
