M0003762: Evidence of trephining in two skulls

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Ancient trephining, Cinco Cerros and St. Damian, Peru

Reproduction of a photograph showing skulls with evidence of trephining. The skull in figure A is male and appears to have had trephining surgery in two places (front and right) and is from the prehistoric fort Cinco Cerros in Peru. The skull in figures B, C and D is female and from and St. Damian in Peru and from the Aymara people. This image has a duplicate reference but they are unrelated.

December 1933

1 photograph glass plate negative; 8 x 11 cm

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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