Woman's skull with fretted wooden shaft projecting from nasal aperture

Made:
1801-1900 in Papua New Guinea

Woman's skull with fretted wooden shaft projecting from nasal aperture, called Kaneka, ritual object, from New Guinea or New Britain, 1801-1900

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A26034
Materials:
bone, teeth and wood
type:
human remains and skulls
credit:
Wellcome Trust