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5418. The skull of an ancient Peruvian, with much of the dried integument, showing 

 the effects of the circular constriction of the cranium, as in the preceding 

 skulls. Purchased. 



5419. The cranium of a female ancient Peruvian, from Titicaca. 



Presented by Captain Tucker, R.N. 



5420. The skull of an infant of the same race of ancient Peruvians, which has 

 perished whilst undergoing the constriction of the cranium, applied to pro- 

 duce the desired modification of form. 



The process has already had considerable effect upon the yielding bones at this age, and 

 seems to have been attended with a separation of the upper or interparietal half of the rest 

 of the superoccipital. The elements of the occipital bone are still ununited, as are the two 

 halves of the frontal bone. The great fontanelle is widely open, and the lower part of the 

 meatus auditorius is unossified. The mark of the constricting bandage is very obvious on the 

 under and lateral parts of the much-elongated cranium. 



Purchased. 



5421. A considerable proportion of the skeleton of the same child. Purchased. 



5422. The cranium of a Peruvian of the modern or Inca race. 



It is short, broad, and high, especially behind, owing to the habit of carrying the infant 

 with the back of the head resting upon a flat board : the pressure having been more towards 

 the left side, has produced a slight unsymmetrical distortion of the skull. The forehead is 

 narrow and receding. The glabella slightly prominent. 



Presented by Alexander Nasmyth, Esq. 



5423. The cranium of a Peruvian of the Inca race. 



It presents a similar shape, but the pressure of the resting-board having been more to the 

 right side, has produced an unsymmetrical distortion of an opposite kind to that in the pre- 

 ceding skull. The condition of these differences has probably been the different breasts at 

 which the respective infants were habitually suckled. 



Presented by Alexander Nasmyth, Esq. 



5424. A cranium of a Peruvian found buried in a sandy soil impregnated with nitre, 

 at Thuacho, fifty miles from Lima. 



It is of a distorted, or unsymmetrical shape, the right hemispheres, both of cerebrum and 

 cerebellum, being more posteriorly situated than the left. The teeth are very regularly worn 

 down, and well exhibit the thickness of the enamel coating. 



Presented by Hugh Cuming, Esq. 



