Shrunken heads
Works from the collections
25 works
- Pictures
Head of a Maori person, with moko (tattoo) markings and a nose ring. Photograph.
Date: [1900?]Reference: 645995i
- Pictures
- Online
Sarawak: preserved and decorated human heads taken and strung up by Sea Dayaks. Photograph.
Reference: 31448i- Pictures
Two heads of Maori people with moko (tattoo) markings. Photograph.
Date: [1900?]Reference: 645998i- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
M0000158: A tsantsa, or shrunken head, on a stand
Date: 19 July 1929Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/3/30Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
M0014532: A tsantsa, or shrunken head, Jivaroan, Ecuador
Date: February 1956Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/129/77Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive