Skull bowl with copper and gold lid and stand

Made:
1801-1900 in Nepal

Skull bowl with copper and gold lid and stand, heavily decorated, Nepalese, 19th century

Details

Category:
Asian Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A6206
Materials:
bowl, bone, bowl, brass, base, copper, lid, copper and lid, gold
type:
human remains, skull and bowl
credit:
Wellcome Trust