M0003764: Figures showing details of heavily injured skull

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Figures showing details of much abused female skull, Peru

Reproduction of a photograph showing a female skull that is heavily injured in various ways, evidence can be seen of multiple fractures and trephining. The skull was found in the prehistoric fort Cinco Cerros in Peru.

December 1933

1 photograph glass plate negative; 8 x 11 cm

Wellcome Collection holds this publication from where the image is from.

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.

This item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.