Shrunken head with long hair

Made:
before 1933 in Peru

Shrunken head with long hair, said to be that of Tibi, a chief of the "Antipas", Peru

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A161722
Materials:
hair, human and bone, human
Measurements:
overall: 720 mm x 95 mm x 125 mm,
type:
human remains and shrunken heads
credit:
Wellcome Trust