Antique articulated real human medical foot and hand. This species is a large

This species is a large member of the Auk family with circumpolar distribution of the sub-species in the Northern waters

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

Manillas were partly differentiated and valued by the sound they made when struck

With inflation a female slave aged 16 in Benin cost between about 50 manillas in 1522

In the tree behind is a possum and the moon or sun is picked out in deeper carving as a white disk

Antique articulated real human medical foot and hand. This species is a largeThese are a matched set of antique articulated medical skeletal foot and hand that have acquired great colour and patina over the years. The colour and stringing of the bones indicate that these were probably prepared in the first half of the 20th Century. Overall, they are in very good condition with the thread being intact and good condition. The hand and foot are both complete with all the bones present and intact. These were part of a collection