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| Type of Object: | Human Remains |
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| Material: | Bone |
| Measurements: | Various |
| Date or Period: | Pre-Columbian |
| Maker: | Pre-Columbian |
| Designated List Category: | VIC Human Skulls Showing Trepanation |
| Date of Import Restriction: | 06/11/1997 |
| Photograph: | National Museum of Archaeology, Anthropology, and History of Peru |
| Copyright : | National Museum of Archaeology, Anthropology, and History of Peru |
| Description of Designated List Category Subject to Import Restrictions: | |
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| Trepanation is an operation performed on a skull; the resulting cuts, easily visible on a bare skull, take various forms. Cuts may be less easily distinguished if skin and hair are present. | |
| Keywords: | |
| human remains, Pre-Columbian Human Remains, skull, trepanation, |
