kranium, cranium

Description:

Cranium with mandible of Mature adult/Older adult Male. Decoration is limited to a small loop of twisted rope, dark brown and possibly stained, included in this box loose in a bag. Skull in a mottled medium-dark brown-red, stained with brown or black residue in numerous places, and with soil medium grey soil or soil residue in numerous location (basicranium, maxilla, mandible, open crypts, orbits, and nasal). Only a very few rootlets visible. Numerous areas of postmortem damage, including a missing right zygo arch, missing bone in the orbital roofs, missing left gonial corner of mandible and slight damage to the nasal sill. Slight evidence of gnawing (small rodent?) on the edge of the supraorbital notch in the right orbit. Numerous small areas of surface spalding and weathering of the exposed bone can be seen on both parietals, temporals, right maxilla, right mandibular ramus edge. Adhering residue with possible fibre or hair is present on the lateral right ramus. No obvious trauma. Osseous pathology possibly present via slight visible pitting and corrosion in both mandibular fossa (but could be taphonomic). In situ teeth are relatively heavily stained, chipped and worn, with score 1 calc visible on the molars especially. rUM2 lost antemortem, crypt closed. All teeth posterior to lUPM1 lost ante- or postmortem with crypts closing and possible abcess damage to UPM2/UM1 crypt. lLM3 lost antemortem, crypt open, possibly due to abcess. lLPM1 glued into canine crypt, lLC, LI2, LI1, rLI2, LPM2 lost postmortem. Alveolar margins intact but show substantial recession and minor periodontal pitting. Maxilla: Substantial occlusal wear on most remaining dentition. Mandible: Moderate to heavy occlusal wear across most remaining dentition preventing accurate measurements in some instances.

Location:

Papua New Guinea

Format:

image

Collections:

Museum of Ethnography

Content partner:

Museum of Ethnography

Availability:

Not specified