M0003756: Evidence of injuries and trephining in two skulls

Previous title, replaced May 2020: The association of injuries and trephining in two pre-columbian skulls

Reproduction of a photograph showing two male skulls of pre-Columbian Peruvian origin with evidence of injuries and trephining. The skulls were found at a pre-historic fort, Cinco Cerros, in Peru.

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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