Plaster cast of human skull with artificial cranial deformation

Made:
1890-1930 in Peru
Plaster cast of human skull with artificial cranial deformation

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Plaster cast of human skull with artificial cranial deformation
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Plaster cast of human skull with artificial cranial deformation, showing elongation produced by circular constriction, Aymara or Highland type, ancient Peruvian, possibly made in Germany 1890-1930

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A657294
type:
skulls
credit:
Krantz, F.