Trophy Skull | Yale University Art Gallery

19th century

Medium: Human bone with resin, metal (pewter?) and cowrie shells
Dimensions: 6 5/16 × 4 3/4 × 7 1/2 in. (16 × 12 × 19 cm)
base: 3 15/16 × 3 15/16 × 5 1/8 in. (10 × 10 × 13 cm)
Credit Line: Promised gift of Thomas Jaffe, B.A. 1971
Loan number: ILE2012.30.562
Geography: Made in Borneo, Indonesia
Culture: Borneo
Classification: Ritual Objects
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Provenance

Ex-collection: Count B. de Gunne, Brussels

Bibliography

Yves Le Fur, "La mort n'en saura rien": Reliques d'Europe et d'Océanie (Paris: Editions de la Réunion des Musées Nationaux, 1999),

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