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Size: 11" x 14"
Material: Filled Resin, framed and double matted under glass
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Name: TREPANATION KNIFE
Time: c. AD 500
Location: Moche Culture, Northern Peru
Although crude by our standards, this copper "knife" was a brain surgeon's "scalpel" for Moche culture shamans. "Trepanning" means "to cut into a skull" and many skulls have been found in Moche burials with 1-2" square holes in the top of the skull. The surgery's purpose, perhaps to release an evil spirit or to relieve potentially fatal pressure from a swelling brain, is unknown. We do know that patients often lived a long life after this surgery! Burial skulls, where bone has regrown over the surgical opening, indicate recovery and long-term healing. This Trepanation Knife, permeated with the knowledge and skill of a shaman, probably saved many lives.
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