Human skull with eight trephinations

Made:
1891-1900 in Papua New Guinea

Human skull with eight trephinations, showing considerable regrowth, from New Ireland, Papua New Guinea, 1891-1900

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A650847
Materials:
bone and ivory
type:
human remains and skulls
credit:
Wellcome Trust