kranium, cranium

Description:

Cranium with mandible of Young adult/Mature adult Male. No obvious decoration present that is distinguishable from taphonomic modifications. Skull relatively clean with very minimal soil residue and only a few rootlets in the orbits and basicranium. Relatively uniform tannish-brown in color with darker areas of reddish-brown on frontal, right parietal, maxilla. Much of face, left side of cranium, mandible (especially anterior), edge of right frontal, posterior parietals and occipital show mottled bleaching and weathering with surface spalding, cracking, and weathering of exposed bone. Possible gnawing marks to right zygo arch. No obvious trauma or osseous pathology. Teeth generally clean with minimal calc, no caries, minor periodontal pitting on rLM1 crypt. Maxilla:. Mandible:

Location:

Papua New Guinea

Format:

image

Collections:

Museum of Ethnography

Content partner:

Museum of Ethnography

Availability:

Not specified