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:
complete and beetle elytra
type:
human remains, human hair and pendant
credit:
Wellcome Trust