Ceremonial ancestral male skull with features rebuilt with clay and fibre and painted forming mask

Ceremonial ancestral male skull with features rebuilt with clay and fibre and painted forming mask, real hair embedded in skull, from Sepik River region, New Guinea, 1871-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A656000/1
Materials:
bone, clay, fibre, hair, seed, shell, teeth and wood
type:
mask, human remains and skull
credit:
Wellcome Trust