Skull hook

Made:
1851-1925 in Papua New Guinea
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Skull hook
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Skull hook
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Skull hook
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Skull hook
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Skull hook
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Skull hook
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Skull hook, in form of carved female figure with 6 legs splayed to make radiating branches, back of figure supported on carved crocodile, painted with red, black and white pigment, from Sepik River region, New Guinea, 1851-1925

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A87202
Materials:
wood
type:
skull hooks
credit:
Sotheby's