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
