Human skull

Human skull, with lower mandible attached by strips of cane, and wearing hoop earrings on one side, associated with ancester worship, from Solomon Islands

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A20620
Materials:
bone, teeth, ivory, cane and shell
type:
human remains and skull
credit:
Wellcome Trust