Lower mandible from prehistoric cemetery at Gebel-Moya, Sudan

Made:
Jebel Moya

Lower mandible from prehistoric cemetery at Gebel-Moya, Sudan

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A682456
Materials:
bone and teeth
Measurements:
length 127 mm
width 123 mm
height 55 mm
type:
mandibles and human remains

Parts

Section of lower mandible from prehistoric cemetery at Gebel-Moya, Sudan

Section of lower mandible from prehistoric cemetery at Gebel-Moya, Sudan

Section of lower mandible from prehistoric cemetery at Gebel-Moya, Sudan

Materials:
bone and tooth
Object Number:
A682456/1
type:
mandibles and human remains
Section of lower mandible from prehistoric cemetery at Gebel-Moya, Sudan

Section of lower mandible from prehistoric cemetery at Gebel-Moya, Sudan

Section of lower mandible from prehistoric cemetery at Gebel-Moya, Sudan

Materials:
bone and tooth
Object Number:
A682456/2
type:
mandibles and human remains

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