Human skull

Made:
1801-1920 in Europe

Human skull, used by Dr T. Wilson Parry to demonstrate different methods of primitive trephination, with excised bone on wires, provenance unknown, 1801-1920

Details

Category:
Surgery
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A651999
Materials:
bone, ivory and metal, wire
type:
human remains and skulls
credit:
Wellcome Trust