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

Ceremonial ancestral male skull

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1871-1920

Human mummified hand, skin of wrist used to create two horn-like straps for suspending round neck, powerful charm, taken from medicine man's neck after he was killed by Belgian troops, Congolese, 1880-1900

Human mummified hand, skin of wrist used to create

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1880-1900

Necklace of human bones, covered with red ochre, amuletic, from Queensland, Australia, 1880-1910

Necklace of human bones, covered with red ochre,

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1880-1910

Pectoral with back yoke, made of carved human bone, strung on threads, Tibetan, 19th century

Pectoral with back yoke, made of carved human bone

Asian Medicine

1801-1900

Apron made of carved human bones, ivory plaque, turquoise bead, and small metal bulb, strung on threads, Tibetan, 19th century

Apron made of carved human bones

Asian Medicine

1801-1900

Shrunken head with long hair, by Jivano tribe, Ecuador

Shrunken head with long hair, by Jivano tribe, Ecu

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

before 1935

Necklet of red painted human bones, probably amuletic, Andaman Islands, India, 1881-1920

Amuletic necklace of bones

Asian Medicine

1881-1920

Neolithic burial illustrating urinary calculi in Sudanese tribe, from Jebel Moya, 1000-400BC, excavated by Sir H. Wellcome, 1910-1914

Neolithic burial illustrating urinary calculi in S

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1000-400 BCE

Shrunken head with long hair, said to be that of Tibi, a chief of the "Antipas", Peru

Shrunken head with long hair, said to be that of T

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

before 1933

Shrunken head with long hair, by Jivaro tribe, Ecuador

Shrunken head with long hair, by Jivaro tribe, Ecu

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

before 1931

Ceremonial ancestral skull of child, artificially deformed, features rebuilt and painted forming mask, with fibre string attached, from Malekula, New Hebrides, 1871-1900

Ceremonial ancestral skull of child

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1871-1900

Male, ceremonial ancestral skull, artificially deformed, features rebuilt and painted forming mask, with wig, on wooden display stand, from Malekula, New Hebrides, 1871-1920

Ceremonial ancestral skull

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1871-1920