M0014688: Trephined skull, Neolithic period

Previous title, replaced October 2021: Trephined skull, Neolithic period.

Reproduction of a photograph of a trephined skull from a person from the Neolithic period. The skull indicates that the subject of the operation survived for a long time. Reproduced in Lucas-Championnière, Just: Trepanation neolithique, trepanation pre-Colombienne, trepanation des Kabyles, trepantion traditionnelle, Paris : G. Steinheil, 1912

June 1956

1 photograph sheet film negative; 8.3 x 10.8 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the publication depicted in the glass plate negative

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.