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Cranial deformation: two skulls of Salish people. Photograph by G.S. Boice.

Three trephinated skulls of people who may have suffered from headaches or epilepsy, Papua New Guinea. Halftone.

Malaita, Solomon Islands: a man with shaped teeth. Photograph.

Nigeria: a man at Egbe with shaped front teeth. Photograph.

A boy with deep scars on his forehead as a result of surgery, in an attempt to cure epilepsy and headaches, Bismarck Archipelago (Papua New Guinea). Halftone.

M0003707: Skull with artificial deformities

Cranial deformation in Bougainville. Photograph by T.J. Macmahon, ca. 1919.

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Nigeria: a man at Egbe with shaped front teeth. Photograph.

M0003707: Skull with artificial deformities

Malaita, Solomon Islands: a man with shaped teeth. Photograph.

Cranial deformation in Bougainville. Photograph by T.J. Macmahon, ca. 1919.

Three trephinated skulls of people who may have suffered from headaches or epilepsy, Papua New Guinea. Halftone.