Torture, execution, skeletons and artificial limbs...

Interesting things I saw at the 'Wellcome Collection' in Euston, London. Part of the permanent collection- Medicine Man. There are many more wonderful things to be seen here, these are only some of them ... :)

A mummy from China

A brass corset

Torture chair (China)

Prosthetic wooden arm

Prosthetic metal and porcelein arm

Executioners mask

Human skull

Something Pink... :)

You'll either love it or hate it. Im still unsure...

This motorbike is on display at the British museum as part of the exhibition- 'The tomb of the unknown craftsman.' It was custom-made for turner prize winning British artist- Grayson Perry. Perry also curated this exhibition. It took over 800 hours to make and cost thousands of pounds.

(Below: Grayson Perry out and about on his motorbike)

 This photograph by the BBC/Nicki Paxman

Off to the British museum...

Today I had to visit the British museum to find inspiration for my uni project 'Tribe.' We have to look into tribes and I decided to look here at the 'Africa' display, where they hold over 200,000 objects. I was very interested in the tribal masks. For my uni project we have to make a piece of jewellery inspired by a tribe :)

Heres what inspired me...

'Creatures of the bush'

This mask represents a well-known chief of the Chewa people, Malawi, late 20th century.

'This mask is related to the ancestral dead...'

The elaborate hairstyle was typical of the women of that era. Nigeria, 19th century.

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