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Description: a trephined female skull. There is a large trephination involving left parietal and occipital squama--left, resulting in irregular aperture with some indication of healing. Circular trephination (abrasion) approx. 2.2 cm. in diameter, involving left parietal near obelion. The two trephinations are connected by a fracture line. The skull is from Huarochiri, Peru, and was assigned object record number 1915.002.0255.

Creation Date: 1915

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Object ID: P000432

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Format: negative, glass-plate

Size: 5 in. x 7 in.

Credit: San Diego Museum of Man Photograph Collection

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