This dramatic object is technically described as "overmodelled", in that the outer layer of painted clay has been placed over a human skull. It was once an important part of Vanuatu tribal culture.

The tribal skulls were stored in the University of Edinburgh's Anatomical Museum collection Four tribal warrior skulls have been returned to Taiwan by the University of Edinburgh nearly 150 years ...

A human skull originating from the Indian state of Nagaland has been withdrawn from sale at an auction in the UK following a backlash led by the country’s tribal community. A "19th-century ...