Two artificially deformed skulls in a burial urn from a looted cemetery
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Two artificially deformed skulls in a burial urn from a looted cemetery

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Two artificially deformed skulls in a burial urn from a looted cemetery, Skull deformation was common practice in Pre-Columbian Peru and was produced by tight binding of wooden boards to an infant's soft skull. Whether for aesthetic or religious purposes, it does not seem to have caused any physical problems. Peru. Nazca. 100 - 1400 AD, Middle Horizon and Late Intermediate period. South Peru.

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NJ Saunders

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Photo12/Universal Images Group/Werner Forman

Notre référence

UMG12A40_169

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Non

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Droits gérés

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17,2Mo (4,0Mo) / 25,5cm x 16,9cm / 3008 x 2000 (300dpi)

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