Buddhist priest's cloth helmet with plaques of human bone

Made:
1701-1900 in Tibet

Buddhist priest's cloth helmet with plaques of human bone, called a nag-pa, Tibetan, 18th or 19th century

Details

Category:
Asian Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A161208
Materials:
helmet, yellow cotton and plaques, carved human bone
Measurements:
overall weight (with stand): x x , , 1.32kg
type:
human remains and cap
credit:
Wellcome Trust