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Ref NoDF/PAL/141/106
Alt Ref NoDF141/106
TitleTorres Straits [Australia] mummies and shrunken heads
DescriptionFormer ref: AL 1962/7
Enquiries relating to Torres Strait mummies and decorated heads in the BM(NH) collection
G L Pretty, South Australian Museum
List of decorated skulls from the Papuan Gult and Torres Straits
List titled ‘Prepared heads and mummies from the Torres Straits in the Collections at the British Museum (Natural History)’
Date1960-1965
AccessStatusOpen
Held ByNHM Archives
LevelFile
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