M0009134ED: Trepanned skull from New Ireland, Papua New Guinea, top view
- Date:
- 16 April 1945
- Reference:
- WT/D/1/20/1/80/27
- Part of:
- Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
- Archives and manuscripts
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About this work
Description
Photograph of a skull with eight trepannation holes (not all visible) and signs of healing. The skull is from New Ireland, Papua New Guinea. It was collected by Rev. J. A. Crump, who gave it to his friend Rev. George Brown, who presented it to the the Wellcome Historical Medical Musuem in 1903. It was accessioned in 1938 (accession number R559/1938). The skull is not held by Wellcome Collection. According to the accession register the man died from a blow to the head received sometime after the final operation. The operations were performed to alleviate severe headaches. Related images: M0009134, M0009134EA, M0009134EB
Publication/Creation
16 April 1945
Physical description
1 photograph sheet film negative; 10 x 12.5 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 2020.
Copyright note
Copyright is held by Wellcome Collection
Terms of use
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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Location Status Access Closed storesBy appointment Manual request