Medically prepared human disarticulated skull bones America and Asia

America and Asia

These are long lived birds with a life span of over 55 years although many of the juvenile die in their first long migration

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

This example was part of a collection that came from a medical college

An unusual item and in good condition

Medically prepared human disarticulated skull bones America and AsiaThese 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.