Human skull showing artificial deformation by frontal-occipital pressure

Human skull showing artificial deformation by frontal-occipital pressure, with separate mandible, from Guatemala, South America, 1751-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A656098
Materials:
bone and ivory, teeth
Measurements:
height 145 mm
width 156 mm
thickness 167 mm
lower mandible: height 73 mm
lower mandible: width 117 mm
lower mandible: thickness 100 mm
type:
human remains and skulls
credit:
Wellcome Trust