Collection

Top of skull decoratively mounted in copper

PART OF:: Top of skull decoratively mounted in copper

Made:: 1801-1900 in Tibet

Cover and stand for top of skull mounted in copper, used in Tantric rites, Tibetan, 19th century

Details

Category:: Asian Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A175061/2

Materials:: mount, copper

type:: human remains, skull and bowl

credit:: Wellcome Trust

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