Artificially deformed skull. Skull of an Ostrogoth woman,deformed intentionally at birth. The skull of a newborn baby is malleable so as to ease its passage through the birth canal. A common practice since the Neolithic era has been to mould the half-formed cranial bones of a baby to give them the desired head shape for life,to signify social status or a particular culture or religion. This was achieved by applying pressure in a variety of ways,perhaps by using bands,bandages,boards,compresses of clay or sandbags. This woman lived in the 5th century AD,died at the age of 35-40 and was discovered in Globasnitz in Carinthia,Austria. Photographed at the Daynes Studio,Paris,France |
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