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Object Number
30-54-70/D3443B
Display Title
Painted human skull
Descriptions
Object Description
Nearly complete cranial human remains of an adult male.
Inventory Description
Painted human skull, cross-hatch and dot design, with braided string attached.
Classification
- Ethnographic
Department
Osteological
Culture
- Yolngu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Australia
/
Northern Territory
/
Arnhem Land
Oceania / Australia / Northern Territory
Oceania / Australia / Northern Territory
Additional Geographic Terms
Northeast
Materials
Bone, Hair, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 24 x 16 x 15.2 cm (9 7/16 x 6 5/16 x 6 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
D3443b
Provenance
Collector
W. Lloyd Warner
(1929-1930)
Seller
W. Lloyd Warner
(1930)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Media Restricted
| 30-54-70/D3443A | Painted human skull |
Ethnographic
|
Northern Territory
Arnhem Land | |
| 47-72-70/2702 | Skull with molded features - painted red and white |
Ethnographic
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 38-112-70/1025 | Human skull, sculptured with clay and painted |
Special
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 38-112-70/1024 | Human skull, sculptured with clay and painted |
Special
|
Village of Tambum
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 47-73-70/2820 | Human skull with molded features |
Special
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 86-46-10/A4036.0 | Disk carved from human skull--engraved design. |
Archaeological
|
Fish Hatchery Mound; Ohio State Site # 33HA 229 (143)
| |
|
Image Not Available
for Fragments of bone disk carved from human skull.
| 86-46-10/A4040.0 | Fragments of bone disk carved from human skull. |
Archaeological
|
Fish Hatchery Mound; Ohio State Site # 33HA 229 (143)
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 24-49-70/D2128 | Prepared skull |
Ethnographic
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
|
Image Not Available
for Homo sapiens sapiens
| 22-16-50/B2906.0 | Homo sapiens sapiens |
Ethnographic
|
French Congo
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 95-44-70/47843 | Mask made of front part of human skull |
Shaft, modified
Mask |
New Britain
| |
|
Image Not Available
for Homo sapiens sapiens
| 11-8-30/58787.0 | Homo sapiens sapiens |
Archaeological
|
Llactashica
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 42-7-10/N3938.0 | Homo sapiens sapiens |
Archaeological
|
Utah
|