Collection

Model of skull

Made:
Japan
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Group shot of various memento mori, showing the variety of origins and different materials in the collection. From left Group shot of various memento mori, showing the variety of origins and different materials in the collection. Clockwise Group shot of various memento mori, showing the variety of origins and different materials in the collection. Clockwise Group shot of various memento mori, showing the variety of origins and different materials in the collection. Clockwise Group shot of various memento mori, showing the variety of origins and different materials in the collection. Clockwise Group shot of various memento mori, showing the variety of origins and different materials in the collection. Clockwise Group shot of various memento mori, showing the variety of origins and different materials in the collection. Clockwise

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Group shot of various memento mori, showing the variety of origins and different materials in the collection. From left
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Group shot of various memento mori, showing the variety of origins and different materials in the collection. Clockwise
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London.

Group shot of various memento mori, showing the variety of origins and different materials in the collection. Clockwise
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London.

Group shot of various memento mori, showing the variety of origins and different materials in the collection. Clockwise
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London.

Group shot of various memento mori, showing the variety of origins and different materials in the collection. Clockwise
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© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London.

Group shot of various memento mori, showing the variety of origins and different materials in the collection. Clockwise
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Group shot of various memento mori, showing the variety of origins and different materials in the collection. Clockwise
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Ivory model of a skull, finely carved with a snake coiled around the top on which a toad sits, Japanese

Details

Category:
Asian Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A641314
Materials:
complete and ivory
Measurements:
overall: 61 mm x 48 mm x 59 mm, .144 kg
type:
skull - representation
taxonomy:
  • visual and verbal communication
  • figure - representation
credit:
Loan, Wellcome Trust

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