Human lower jaw-bone

Human lower jaw-bone, amuletic, decorated with wickerwork called "pus pus", associated with ancestor worship, from Lonti tribe, New Britain, 1850-1900

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A127439
Materials:
bone, cane, wickerwork "pus-pus" and cloth
type:
human remains and mandibles
credit:
Wellcome Trust