M0010117EA: Trepanned skull, profile view / M0010117EB: Trepanned skull, top view

Two negatives bound together. The first is a photograph of a human skull displaying a trepanation hole. The skull was found at Giebichenstein, Germany and at the time the photograph was taken was held by the Museum for Pre and Early History, Berlin. A photographic print of the skull was also held by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, accessioned in 1947 (accession number PHO 13023). The second is a photograph of a human skull displaying a trepanation hole. At the time the photograph was taken the skull was held by the Museum for Pre and Early History, Berlin. A photographic print of the skull was also held by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, accessioned in 1947 (accession number PHO 13024)

05 August 1947

2 photographs glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 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.