Apparatus for cranial deformation consisting of wooden board and cloth bands attached by string

Made:
1870-1900
SMG00166971

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Apparatus for cranial deformation consisting of wooden board and cloth bands attached by string, used on children by Milano of Borneo, 1870-1900

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A655854
Materials:
wood, cloth, fibre, mount, cardboard and mount, metal, wire
type:
head deformers
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)