Mourning ceremonial skull
- Made:
- 1871-1920 in Andaman and Nicobar
- maker:
- Andamanese people
Human skull, no lower mandible, with carrying band decorated with shells, ceremonial, worn as sign of mourning and in order to cure pain and disease, from Andaman Islands, India, 1871-1920
Details
- Category:
- Asian Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A175420
- Materials:
- bone, teeth, ivory, bark, fibre and shell
- type:
- human remains and skulls
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust
