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Ceremonial

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  • A funerary reliquary, Upper Ogowe, Gabon
  • A funerary reliquary, Upper Ogowe, Gabon
  • A Shuar shrunken head (tsantsa) from Ecuador with a stitched mouth and feather headdress.
  • Human skull inscribed with prayers for the deceased. Collected by Robert Baden Powell's Asante (Ghana) expedition 1895
  • Human skull inscribed with prayers for the deceased. Collected by Robert Baden Powell's Asante (Ghana) expedition 1895
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    A funerary reliquary, Upper Ogowe, Gabon

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    Shaman's mask with human features and a removable bird's beak. Haida people, Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, Canada

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    Human skull inscribed with prayers for the deceased. Collected by Robert Baden Powell's Asante (Ghana) expedition 1895

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    Human skull with painted features and cowrie shell eyes. The hair is real. Said to have been used in rituals associated with ancestor worship. Papua New Guinea

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    Human skull inscribed with prayers for the deceased. Collected by Robert Baden Powell's Asante (Ghana) expedition 1895

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