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 with features rebuilt with clay and fibre and painted forming mask 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 Ethnography and Folk Medicine 1880-1900
Necklace of human bones, covered with red ochre, amuletic, from Queensland, Australia, 1880-1910 Necklace of human bones 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 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 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 Sudanese tribe 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 Ethnography and Folk Medicine before 1933
Shrunken head with long hair, by Jivaro tribe, Ecuador Shrunken head with long hair 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
