Shrunken head with clipped hair

Made:
before 1936 in Venezuela
maker:
Unknown

Shrunken head with clipped hair, acquired in Venezuela in 1936

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A642565
Measurements:
height 110 mm
width 75 mm
length 110 mm
type:
human remains and shrunken head
credit:
Wellcome Trust

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