title: [Radiological investigations of over-modelled skulls from New Ireland (Melanesia) (author's transl)].
abstract: The authors examined a series of overmodelled and decorated skulls from New Ireland which had been used as cult objects for ritual dances. The results are described briefly with a number of examples. Radiological examination provided no evidence that these had been chosen specifically according to age or sex. Of particular significance for ethnology is the finding of two skulls in which the jaws have been replaced before modelling by adapted pigs' mandibles. The non-destructive radiological investigation of artistic and cultural objects has a particularly long tradition in Berlin (eg. Baessler). With these examples we should like to stimulate further similar work.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001154:Art; D002648:Child; D004615:Embalming; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible; D008542:Melanesia / Q000208:ethnology; D009229:Mythology; D011859:Radiography; D012613:Sculpture; D012886:Skull / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013552:Swine
vernacular_title: Röntgenologische Untersuchung übermodellierter Schäde von Neu-Irland (Melanesien).