Woman's skull with fretted wooden shaft projecting from nasal aperture
- Made:
- 1801-1900 in Papua New Guinea
Woman's skull with fretted wooden shaft projecting from nasal aperture, called Kaneka, ritual object, from New Guinea or New Britain, 1801-1900
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A26034
- Measurements:
-
skull: height 150 mm
with fretted projection: height 400 mm
approx., with fretted projection: width 700 mm
thickness 125 mm
- type:
- human remains and skulls
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust