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