Human skull with lower jaw bound with cane strips

Made:
1801-1900 in Papua New Guinea

Human skull with lower jaw bound with cane strips, incised decoration of forehead, from new Guinea, 1801-1900

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A39064
Materials:
bone, ivory, teeth and cane
type:
human remains and skulls
credit:
Wellcome Trust