Real human cranium / calvarium medical specimen. the practice of carving emu

the practice of carving emu eggs

it appears that the stitching is so fine that it is waterproof

There are still a lot of very small numbered stickers on the model which would have referred to a key for identification of the structures

This looks to be the skeleton of either Plecostomus or Ancistrus species

which have not been practiced for over sixty years

Real human cranium / calvarium medical specimen. the practice of carving emuThis cranium must have been part of a complete skull as it still has the pins on which, hooks held the cranium in place. Unfortunately, it has become separated from the rest of the skull at some stage in the past. The cranium is in excellent condition with no chips or cracks and also has a nice Wormian bone at the junction of the frontal and sagittal sutures.