Human skull
- Made:
- 1851-1910 in Papua New Guinea
Human skull, small, with lower jar attached by sennit and missing teeth replaced by cane pegs, face reconstructed with traces of shell inlay for eyes, traces of coloured pigment, from Kokori River region, Papua Gulf, Papua New Guinea, 1851-1910
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A45779
- Materials:
- bone, teeth, ivory, clay, fibre, sennit and cane
- Measurements:
-
height 140 mm
width 190 mm
thickness 115 mm
- type:
- human remains and skulls
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust
