Bowl made from human skull
- Made:
- 1801-1900 in New Zealand
Bowl made from human skull, calvarium only, perforated round rim and elaborately carved, from Wanganui River area, New Zealand, possibly tourist, 1801-1900
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A212258
- Materials:
- bone and steel, wire
- type:
- human remains, skull and bowl
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust
