Mask made from front of human skull covered with clay and painted
- Made:
- 1801-1910 in New Britain
Mask made from front of human skull covered with clay and painted, said to be used in dances to represent the dead, from New Britain, 1801-1910
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A14852
- Measurements:
-
height 193 mm
width 130 mm
thickness 103 mm
- type:
- mask and human remains
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust
