Bone bowl

Made:
1871-1931 in New Zealand

Bone bowl, made from the top of a skull, untraditionally carved, Maori, New Zealand, late 19th to 20th centuries

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A118058
Materials:
bone and haliotis shell
type:
human remains, skull and bowl
credit:
Wellcome Trust