Armlet made from lower human jaw decorated with seeds

Armlet made from lower human jaw decorated with seeds, shells, fibre and feathers, teeth replaced by red seeds, bone decorated with incised linear pattern, from New Guinea, 1801-1900

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A655849
Materials:
bone, seed, shell, coconut and feathers
type:
human remains, bone and armlet
credit:
Wellcome Trust