Shrunken head of a female sloth

Made:: 1850-1930 in Ecuador

Shrunken head of a female sloth, Ecuadorian, 1850-1930

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Category:: Ethnography and Folk Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A88117

Materials:: skin and hair

credit:: Wellcome Trust

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Shrunken head of a female sloth

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