Woman's skull with fretted wooden shaft projecting from nasal aperture

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
Materials:
bone, teeth and wood
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