Human skull

Made:
1871-1920 in Papua New Guinea

Human skull, no lower jaw, modelled over with clay and decorated with red and white and black tribal markings, ceremonial, from Sepik River region, New Guinea, 1871-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A97181
Materials:
bone, clay and shell
type:
human remains and skull
credit:
Wellcome Trust