Medically prepared human disarticulated skull bones On the reverse you can

On the reverse you can see that it is stitched with plant fibres onto a rough hessian type backing

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

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

The colour red is auspicious in Tibetan culture

Medically prepared human disarticulated skull bones On the reverse you canThese 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.