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Ref NoDF/PAL/141/111
Alt Ref NoDF141/111
TitleSkull from Chancay Valley, Peru
DescriptionFormer ref: AL 1955/21
Donation of a skull from Chancay Valley, Lima, Peru, to the BM(NH) by E Eklan in 1955
Photograph of the skull on displayed in the ‘Races of Man’ exhibition
Enquiry relating to textiles which were found alongside the skull
Date1955-1966
AccessStatusOpen
Held ByNHM Archives
LevelFile
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