Medically prepared human disarticulated skull bones An unusual item and in

An unusual item and in good condition

also known as the common murre Uria aalge

This is a large piece of silicified petrified palm wood

The colour and patina of the bones show that this is an old example

Medically prepared human disarticulated skull bones An unusual item and inThese bones were part of a collection from a medical school museum. This is a collection of disarticulated skull bones comprising of the frontal, two parietals (both left) and a sphenoid. The parietals still have the medical school collection number on them. All the bones have a very pale white colour which would suggest that they were prepared in the second half of the last century.