Bowl, made from top of human skull

Made:
before 1928 in Tibet

Bowl, made from top of human skull, three copper wire feet, Tibet, date uncertain

Details

Category:
Asian Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A4508
Materials:
bone and copper
type:
skull, bowl and human remains
credit:
Wellcome Trust

Parts

Bowl, made from top of human skull

Bowl, made from top of human skull

Bowl, made from top of human skull, three copper wire feet, Tibet, date uncertain

Materials:
bone and human remains
Object Number:
A4508/1
type:
human remains
Segment of newspaper clipping 'Skulls as Drinking Cups'

Segment of newspaper clipping 'Skulls as Drinking Cups'

Segment of newspaper clipping 'Skulls as Drinking Cups', from The Bazaar, Sat, April 2, 1927

Materials:
paper (fibre product)
Object Number:
A4508/2
type:
newspaper