M0003758: Evidence of injuries and trephining in four skulls

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Primitive Surgery in four pre-Columbian skulls, Cinco Cerros, Peru

Reproduction of a photograph showing four skulls with evidence of trephining as well as injuries. The skulls are of pre-Columbian Peruvian origin and were found at the pre-historic fort of Cinco Cerros.

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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