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Ivory model of a skull, crudely carved and without

Anatomy & Pathology
Brass finger ring, with oval bezel decorated with inlaid black and white enamel and set with a small red stone, flanked on either side by a metal skull and cross-bones, possibly 18th century

Brass ring

Wellcome (general)

1701-1800

Carved marble block, depicting a skull in an arche

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1500-1700

Carved ivory skull

Anatomy & Pathology

Model of a skull, complete with teeth and mandible

Anatomy & Pathology

Netsuke in form of skull

Oriental Medicine

Netsuke in form of skull

Oriental Medicine

1701-1900

Plaster cast of skull deformed by circular constri

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1938

Ivory model of a skull, some teeth, no mandible, h

Anatomy & Pathology

Ivory model of skull and cross bones

Anatomy & Pathology

1701-1800

Wooden copy of a skull, with lid at the top which

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1701-1800

Wooden representation of human skull, no mandible,

Anatomy & Pathology

1601-1900

Plaster cast of human cranium showing ancient trephination hole

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1936

Mother of pearl miniature human skull, probably an

Anatomy & Pathology
Silver finger rings, a memento mori formed from 2 skeletons and a skull bezel, possibly 18th century

Memento mori ring

Wellcome (general)

1701-1800

Plaster cast copy of a microcephical skull of a 24

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

before 1935

Green, glazed, earthenware human skull, lower jaw

Anatomy & Pathology

1601-1900

Human skull with mandible carved from marble, prob

Anatomy & Pathology

1601-1900

Plaster cast of human skull with artificial crania

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1890-1930

Plaster cast of human cranium showing rectanular t

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1936
Skull saw introduced by Hey, twin blades, by Weiss, c.1800 (labelled No.1)

Twin-bladed skull saw

Surgery

1781-1800
Skull saw introduced by Cotrell, made by Weiss, c.1800 (labelled No.4)

cranial saws

Surgery

1781-1880

Plaster cast of human skull, no mandible, showing

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1938

Ivory model of a skull, complete with some teeth,

Anatomy & Pathology

Ivory model of a human skull

Anatomy & Pathology

Ivory model of a human skull, with some teeth but

Anatomy & Pathology

Ivory model of a skull, with moveable mandible, po

Anatomy & Pathology

1701-1800

Marble skull

Anatomy & Pathology
Plaster cast of human skull of Bolivian Indian showing artificial deformation of cranium caused by circular constriction, probably made in England, 1891-1930

Plaster cast of human skull of Bolivian Indian sho

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1891-1930
Metal momento mori finger ring, set with 1 large square transparent stone with a skull underneath, and a small square transparent stone either side of large stone, bears inscription on band, 1725

Memento mori ring

Wellcome (general)

1725
Human skull, no mandible, bone fitted, depression in left frontal bone, teeth worn, covered with labels, possibly used for phrenology, probably European, 18th or 19th century

Human skull, no mandible, bone fitted, depression

Anatomy & Pathology

1701-1900

Carved ivory model of a skull, with teeth present

Anatomy & Pathology

1701-1800
Stone model of a human skull with a tooth missing

Stone model of a human skull with a tooth missing

Anatomy & Pathology
Ivory model of a skull carved and with teeth and moveable mandible

Ivory model of a skull carved and with teeth and m

Anatomy & Pathology
Wooden model of a human skull with 2 ivory teeth but no mandible

Wooden model of a human skull with 2 ivory teeth b

Anatomy & Pathology
Human skull, jaws tied, stained brown, headhunter's trophy, from Dyako of Borneo, 1851-1900

Human skull, jaws tied, stained brown, headhunter'

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1851-1900
Human skull, lower mandible missing, with incised decoration of forehead, from Papuan Gulf area, New Guinea, 1801-1900

Human skull, lower mandible missing, with incised

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1801-1900
Human skull, reconstructed features of wax and clasp painted red, shell eyes, ceremonial, from Kikori River region, Papuan Gulf, New Guinea, 1857-1910

Human skull, reconstructed features of wax and cla

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1851-1910
Human skull, small, with lower jar attached by sennit and missing teeth replaced by cane pegs, face reconstructed with traces of shell inlay for eyes, traces of coloured pigment, from Kokori River region, Papua Gulf, Papua New Guinea, 1851-1910

Human skull, small, with lower jar attached by sen

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1851-1910
Human skull with eight trephinations, showing considerable regrowth, from New Ireland, Papua New Guinea, 1891-1900

Human skull with eight trephinations, showing cons

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1891-1900
Human skull trophy, with 9 wands, decorated with incised designs, from New Guinea, 1851-1900

Human skull trophy, with 9 wands, decorated with i

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1851-1900
Small fragments of a skull excavated from the prehistoric Ethiopian cemetry at Gebel-Moya, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, by the expedition of Henry Wellcome, Sudanese, c. 50,000-10,000BC

Small fragments of a skull excavated from the preh

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

50000-10000 BCE
Human skull with lower jaw attached by cane strips, false beard and hair have been added, and twisted cane loop for carrying, consulted in times of illness, ceremonial, from Nias Island, Sumatra, 1851-1900

Human skull with lower jaw attached by cane strips

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1851-1900
Human skull showing artificial deformation of cranium, from Guatemala, South American, 1801-1920

Human skull showing artificial deformation of cran

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1801-1920
Human skull showing artificial deformation by fronto-occipital pressure, no lower mandible, from Peru, 1801-1900

Human skull showing artificial deformation by fron

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1801-1900
Human skull, lower mandible lashed to upper woven cane, from New Guinea, 1801-1900

Human skull, lower mandible lashed to upper woven

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1801-1900
Artificially deformed human skull built up with fibre and clay and painted red and black, ceremonial, from Malikolo, New Hebrides, 1851-1910

Artificially deformed human skull built up with fi

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1851-1910
Skull drum, double-headed, skin and bone, Tibetan, date unknown

Skull drum, double-headed

Asian Medicine

before 1937
Human skull, cranium only, inscribed with prayers, collected by Sir Robert Baden-Powell, British Expedition, 1895, Ashanti, Ghana, 1801-1890

Human skull, cranium only, inscribed with prayers,

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1801-1870
Fragment of left side of human skull, probably European, 1701-1900

Fragment of left side of human skull, probably Eur

Anatomy & Pathology

1701-1900