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Buddhist drum made from human skulls

Made:: 1701-1900 in Tibet

Buddhist drum made from human skulls, Tibetan, 18th or 19th century

Details

Category:: Asian Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A106716

Materials:: drum, bone, tops of 2 human skulls and tassle, cloth

type:: human remains, skulls and drum - membranophone

credit:: Wellcome Trust

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