Skull, heavy, hammered and soldered silver work. A solder line bisects the skull vertically, parallel to the face. The incised lines representing sutures are independent of the solder line. Insets in the eye-sockets were once filled with inlaid stones or shells.

Figure of a Skull, 20th century

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Title
Figure of a Skull
Role
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Accession Number
44.37
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Skull, heavy, hammered and soldered silver work. A solder line bisects the skull vertically, parallel to the face. The incised lines representing sutures are independent of the solder line. Insets in the eye-sockets were once filled with inlaid stones or shells.