Collection

Bone tiki

Made:: 1871-1933 in New Zealand

Bone tiki, carved from a piece of human skull, with shell eyes, Maori, New Zealand, 1871-1933

Details

Category:: Ethnography and Folk Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A85778

Materials:: bone and shell

type:: human remains and lei-tikis

credit:: Wellcome Trust

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