Skull hook
- Made:
- 1851-1925 in Papua New Guinea
Skull hook, in form of carved female figure with 6 legs splayed to make radiating branches, back of figure supported on carved crocodile, painted with red, black and white pigment, from Sepik River region, New Guinea, 1851-1925
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A87202
- Materials:
- wood
- type:
- skull hooks
- credit:
- Sotheby's