Human trophy skull

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

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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