M0003765: Evidence of bone transplant by a Pre-Colombian surgeon in Peru

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Evidence of bone transplant by a Pre-Colombian surgeon in Peru

Reproduction of a photograph showing a skull with potential evidence of a bone transplant by a Pre-Colombian surgeon. It is a female skull and was found in Coyungo near Nasca 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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