Shrunken heads
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Works from the collections
26 works
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Head of a Maori person, with moko (tattoo) markings and a nose ring. Photograph.
Date: [1900?]Reference: 645995i
- Pictures
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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- Pictures
- Online
Horatio Robley, seated with his collection of severed heads of Maori people. Photograph by H. Stevens, 190-.
Stevens, Henry, 1843-1925.Date: 1895 [i.e. between 1900 and 1909?]Reference: 664088i