kranium

Kranium. Vit/gråfärgat. Vid övre överkäken två st hål, Diam ca 1 cm vardera, på var sin sida om näsan. Hål, Diam ca 1 cm, nedre delen av bakhuvudet. Uppgift enligt originalkatalogen: "Kranium. Trepanerat. Nya Guinea?".
Osteologisk analys av Damien Huffer, Stockholms Universitet 2018-02: man, 20-30 år. Most sutures completely or majority open. Endocranial scores visible through a hole in the left occipital near FM. Saggital suture more fused than expected, but less apparent endocranially. All crypts present in maxilla but heavy amount of alveolar loss. Robust male. Traces of bright and dark red and egg yolk yellow paint on nasal region, right orbit, frontal, parietal, occipital, left parietal. Right mid-lambdoid stained black (ink or dye?). Traces of moss in ears. Cupric staining on occipital? Catalog alleges evidence of trepanation...not obvious. Some measurements not possible due to post-mortem damage. No mandible, no teeth save for roots of l UM2. No obvious pathology, but post-mortem taphonomic changes and damage, likely from open-air exposure and fauna. Skull is porous and friable in many areas. Possible severe periodontal disease (porous alveolar). Possible premature saggital suture closure towards lamda.