Human skull with lower jaw attached by cane strips, false beard and hair have been added, and twisted cane loop for carrying, consulted in times of illness, ceremonial, from Nias Island, Sumatra, 1851-1900
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A656122
- Materials:
- bone, ivory, teeth, hair, animal and cane
- type:
- human remains and skulls
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust
