Armlet made from human lower jawbone decorated with fibre and small shells

Made:
1801-1900 in Papua New Guinea

Armlet made from human lower jawbone decorated with fibre and small shells, amuletic, from New Guinea, 1801

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A30451
Materials:
bone, bamboo, fibre and shell
type:
human remains, bone and armlet
credit:
Wellcome Trust