String of beetle elytra
- Made:
- before 1937 in South America
String of beetle elytra, with tuff of human hair at distal end, for decorating shrunken head, South American
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A642652
- Materials:
- beetle elytra
- Measurements:
-
length 540 mm
diameter 20 mm
- type:
- human remains, human hair and pendant
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust
