A 19TH CENTURY SCIENTIFIC MEDICAL STUDY TRIBAL SKULL, ASMAT ...
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£1,200 - £1,400
A 19TH CENTURY SCIENTIFIC MEDICAL STUDY TRIBAL SKULL, ASMAT "NDAMBIRKUS" ANCESTOR SKULL, NEW GUINEA.
The eye sockets filled with wax/resin impressed with grey seed pods, the nasal bone horizontally set with a pierced bone "bipane" secured by a piece of wax/resin further impressed with grey seed pods, the mandible set on either side with rings of twisted vegetable fibre pendant with tassels of cassowary bird feathers, all later mounted on a barley twist wood display stand. (h 45cm x w 29cm).
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£1,200 - £1,400
A 19TH CENTURY SCIENTIFIC MEDICAL STUDY TRIBAL SKULL, ASMAT "NDAMBIRKUS" ANCESTOR SKULL, NEW GUINEA.
The eye sockets filled with wax/resin impressed with grey seed pods, the nasal bone horizontally set with a pierced bone "bipane" secured by a piece of wax/resin further impressed with grey seed pods, the mandible set on either side with rings of twisted vegetable fibre pendant with tassels of cassowary bird feathers, all later mounted on a barley twist wood display stand. (h 45cm x w 29cm).
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