Human trophy skull

Made:
1871-1920 in Papua New Guinea

Human trophy skull, lower jaw lashed to upper, with incised herringbone design on forehead, and attached by sennit cord to wooden double-pronged hook carved in form of unfinished, Janus headed figure, from New Guinea, 1871-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A52741
Materials:
teeth, bone, teeth, ivory, cane, fibre, cord, sennit and hook, wood
Measurements:
height 160 mm
width 225 mm
thickness 133 mm
hook: length 245 mm
hook: width 72 mm
hook: thickness 53 mm
type:
human remains and skulls
credit:
Wellcome Trust

Parts

Human trophy skull

Human trophy skull

Human trophy skull, lower jaw lashed to upper by sennit cord, with incised herringbone design on forehead, from New Guinea, 1871-1920

Measurements:
overall: 160 mm x 225 mm x 133 mm,
Materials:
bone , ivory and sennit
Object Number:
A52741/1
type:
human remains and skulls
Human trophy skull, lower jaw lashed to upper, with incised herringbone design on forehead

Human trophy skull, lower jaw lashed to upper, with incised herringbone design on forehead

Wooden double-pronged hook carved in form of unfinished, Janus headed figure, from New Guinea, 1871-1920

Measurements:
overall: 245 mm x 72 mm x 53 mm,
Materials:
wood (unidentified)
Object Number:
A52741/2
type:
human remains and figurines

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