Shrunken head with long hair decorated with beetle elytra

Made:
before 1937 in Ecuador

Shrunken head with long hair decorated with beetle elytra, from Ecuador

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A642552
Materials:
human hair, human skin and beetle shell (elytra)
Measurements:
overall weight (estimated): x x , , .18kg
type:
human remains and shrunken heads
credit:
Wellcome Trust