Shrunken head of a female sloth

Made:
1850-1930 in Ecuador

Shrunken head of a female sloth, Ecuadorian, 1850-1930

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A88117
Materials:
skin and hair
type:
sloth head
credit:
Wellcome Trust

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