M0004696: Front and top view of trephined Inca skull

Date:
14 July 1936
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/37/94
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M0004696: Front and top view of trephined Inca skull. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

About this work

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Previous title, replaced May 2020: Front and top view of trephined Inca cranium from Patallacta highlands of Peru

Description

A reproduction of a photograph of a print illustration of the front and top view of a skull that has undergone trephining up to five times and in each case the wound has healed. The skull has found in Patallacta, in the highlands of Peru.

Publication/Creation

14 July 1936

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16 cm

Notes

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2021.

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Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.

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