Only an esteemed elder would have been commemorated in this way. Until a few weeks ago this skull was to appear at the next Theodore Bruce sale of Aboriginal, Oceanic and Tribal Art on July 10.

A British auction house has cancelled the sale of a tribal skull after Indian politicians demanded it be returned. The Swan in Tetsworth, Oxfordshire, had planned a sale of shrunken heads and ...

The horned skull was given a guide price of £3,500 (Rs 384,000) to £4,000 (Rs439,000). Its provenance was traced to the Ex Francios Coppens Collection from Belgium.

A human skull originating from the Indian state of Nagaland has been withdrawn from sale at an auction in the UK following a backlash led by the country’s tribal community. A "19th-century horned Naga ...