Plaster cast of human cranium showing rectangular trephination hole

Made:
1936 in England
Plaster cast of human cranium showing rectangular trephination

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Plaster cast of human cranium showing rectangular trephination
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Plaster cast of human cranium showing rectangular trephination hole, original excavated Tell Duweir by Starkey, 1936, English, 1936

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A650845
Materials:
plaster
Measurements:
height 155 mm
max. anterior posterior: length 205 mm
max lateral: width 138 mm
trephination: length 27 mm
trephination: width 25 mm
type:
skulls
credit:
Wellcome Trust

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