M0009394: Edinburgh Skull: left profile

Previous title, replaced October 2020: Left profile:Edinburgh Skull, trepanning showing hole in back of skull

Photograph of a human skull known as the "Edinburgh Skull" from the Canary Islands, Spain, dated c.1871-1930 and previously owned by Dr T. Wilson Parry, an English doctor who researched Neolithic trephination tools and techniques. The skull was acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and is now held by the Science Museum (object number A652218).

19 February 1946

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Copyright is held by Wellcome Collection

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.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.