Skull with mandible

Made:
1830-1920 in Papua New Guinea

Skull with mandible, face partially reconstructed with wax, eye sockets wax filled, from interior tribe, Kikori, Papua New Guinea, 1830-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A157602
Materials:
bone, wax and teeth
Measurements:
height 143 mm
width 123 mm
thickness 210 mm
type:
human remains and skull
credit:
Wellcome Trust

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