Human skull
- Made:
- 1851-1920 in Papua New Guinea
Human skull, no lower mandible, with wooden shaft carved in form of stylized crocodile projecting from nasal aperture, ceremonial, from Sepik River region, New Guinea, 1851-1920
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A128028
- Materials:
- bone, ivory, teeth and wood
- Measurements:
-
skull: height 150 mm
skull: width 200 mm
skull: thickness 130 mm
skull with shaft: width 340 mm
- type:
- human remains and skull
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust
