Human Skull

Made:
1851-1920 in Papua New Guinea

Human Skull, headhunter's trophy, no lower jaw, with incised decoration of forehead, captured from Elema tribe, from South East New Guinea, 1851-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A155728
Materials:
bone
type:
human remains and skull
credit:
Wellcome Trust