M0005679: Skulls adorned with horns and a pierced human hand and foot hanging from the branches of a tree

Previous title, replaced November 2021: Head hunting, hand and foot hanging from branches of a tree

Two photographs reproduced in Hutton, J. H: "Divided and Decorated Heads as Trophies", Man, vol.22, August 1922. The first image shows a detatched human hand and foot pierced with stakes and hanging from branches of a tree. The second image shows seven skulls, mostly human, decorated with buffalo horns and imitation horns made of wood or bamboo.

23 September 1938

2 photographs on 1 plate glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2021.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.