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Skull, adult, artificially deformed, c. 1700 to c. 1900, Malekula Island, New Hebrides

Skull, adult, artificially deformed

1700-1900

Human skull, artificially elongated, face and feasures reconstructed in clay and fibre and painted red, missing teeth replaced with cane pegs, ceremonial, from Malikolo, New Hebrides, 1871-1910

Human skull

1871-1910

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

1871-1900

4 human bones carved to sharp point one end, tapered and rounded the other, from Tana Island, New Hebrides, 1871-1900

4 human bones carved to sharp point one end

1871-1900

Human skull with false lower jaw, face built up with clay and fibre, false bulbous nose, decorated with red black and white pigment, ceremonial, from Malikolo, New Hebrides, 1851-1900

Ceremonial skull

1851-1900

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 fibre and clay and painted red and black

1851-1910

Human skull, artificially deformed, no lower mandible, from Malikolo, New Hebrides, 1851-1900

Human skull

1851-1900

Human skull, cranium deformed artificially by circular constriction, from South West Malekula, New Hebrides, 1851-1900

Human skull

1851-1900

Human skull, cranium artificially deformed, facial region masked with clay and fibre and painted red and blue, ritual object in ancestor worship, from New Hebrides, 1851-1900

Human skull

1851-1900

Human skull, no lower mandible, with trephination hole in left of frontal bone, owned at one time by Crump and Brown, from New Hebrides, 1851-1900

Human skull with trephination

1851-1900

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

1871-1920