Medically prepared human disarticulated skull bones These are made by the

These are made by the Bena Bena people of the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea

The copper shows great patination and colour gained over many years of use and handling

These posters were printed in the early 1960's and have copyright 1961 on the side

The bone has gained a lovely deep colour and a rich patina over the years

The skeleton measures 17cm long x 5

Medically prepared human disarticulated skull bones These are made by theThese bones were part of a collection from a medical school museum. This is a collection of disarticulated skull bones comprising of the frontal, two parietals (both left) and a sphenoid. The parietals still have the medical school collection number on them. All the bones have a very pale white colour which would suggest that they were prepared in the second half of the last century.