The painted skulls of the Solomon Islands are part of a complex ancestral and ritual tradition of the Melanesian people, with communities or groups in...

This type of skull from the Marind-Anim tribe, south of Papua New Guinea, decorates the skulls of their ancestors or

Nkisi Mbumba skulls are considered magical objects filled with medicines that contain a spirit of an ancestor and...

The patterns drawn are believed to be designed or approved by the deceased themselves...