Copper and gold stand for skull bowl
Skull bowl on a copper and gold stand, heavily decorated, Nepalese, 19th century
Skull bowl with copper and gold lid and stand, heavily decorated, Nepalese, 19th century
Details
- Category:
- Asian Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A6206
- Materials:
- bowl, bone, bowl, brass, base, copper, lid, copper and lid, gold
- type:
- human remains, skull and bowl
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust
Parts
Copper and gold lid for skull bowl
Copper and gold lid for skull bowl, heavily decorated, Nepalese, 19th century
Acquisition label denoting the sale of the copper and gold skull with lid
Acquisition label denoting the sale of the copper and gold skull with lid, which is inscribed: ‘skull vessel set in copper and gold, and decorated turquoise and paste…Tibet. Accession no. 6202. Check number: 4432/ 1st.Feb.1933.
- Object Number:
- A6206/3
- type:
- human remains
