M0004696: Front and top view of trephined Inca skull

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Front and top view of trephined Inca cranium from Patallacta highlands of Peru

A reproduction of a photograph of a print illustration of the front and top view of a skull that has undergone trephining up to five times and in each case the wound has healed. The skull has found in Patallacta, in the highlands of Peru.

14 July 1936

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16 cm

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2021.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.