Ceremonial skull

Made:
1851-1900 in Vanuatu
maker:
Unknown

Human skull with false lower jaw, face built up with clay and fibre, false bulbous nose, decorated with red black and white pigment, ceremonial, from Malikolo, New Hebrides, 1851-1900

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A656079
Materials:
bone, clay, fibre and teeth, ivory
Measurements:
height 145 mm
width 238 mm
thickness 140 mm
type:
human remains and skulls
credit:
Wellcome Trust