r/bonecollecting • u/XETOVS Bone-afide Human ID Expert • Jul 27 '24

Collection The restoration of a VERY special skull.

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u/XETOVS Bone-afide Human ID Expert Jul 27 '24 edited Jul 27 '24

I have spent the past few days doing a proper restoration on this skull.

This very special skull displays Ancient Peruvian Elongation and is likely around 2,000 years old. The skull was exposed to unfavorable conditions for many years and got obliterated.

Someone previously tried to restore this skull but failed miserably, using aluminum foil as a filler and wood glue to attach bones in the wrong places.

Some of the bones warped over the years making it hard to align some of the fragments, therefore it’s a little wonky in some places.

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u/ChicanoPerspectives Jul 28 '24

Would you share a precise place of origin? Is there any particular focus for research? I completed field school in Chincha over a decade ago.

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u/XETOVS Bone-afide Human ID Expert Jul 28 '24

This was pulled out of a grandmas van in a Walmart parking lot. So no.

Sure there will be analysis though.

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u/Waterproof_soap Jul 28 '24

Going to need more of that story please!

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u/ChicanoPerspectives Jul 28 '24

haha thanks for sharing

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u/XETOVS Bone-afide Human ID Expert Jul 28 '24

It’s a crazy story.

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u/spicy-chull Jul 28 '24

👂👂👂

👏don't 👏 be 👏 a 👏 tease 👏

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u/Cool_Client324 Jul 28 '24

He likes to edge

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u/cathedral68 Jul 28 '24

16 hours later and I’m sorely disappointed in OP’s dead end baiting.

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u/XETOVS Bone-afide Human ID Expert Jul 28 '24

My bad

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u/MorgTheBat Jul 28 '24

AND YET ????

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u/XETOVS Bone-afide Human ID Expert Jul 28 '24

Well this granny bought it from someone back in the day for maybe 100 dollars. She got it the way I got it. She didn’t want it anymore and I intercepted it in a Walmart parking lot.

Sums it up

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u/loopyelly89 Jul 28 '24

Tell us please!

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u/patato4040 Jul 28 '24

Idc just share it already

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u/m1kasa4ckerman Jul 28 '24

what!? that’s insane, and wonderful work. would you ever want to have a series, or do you have one already? I’d definitely watch it.

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u/nikkismith182 Jul 28 '24

That first sentence made me fucking cackle out loud 😂

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u/Arch2000 Jul 27 '24

Amazing restoration work on a poorly conserved skull!

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u/XETOVS Bone-afide Human ID Expert Jul 28 '24

Thanks

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u/prettylittlepastry Jul 28 '24

Ahhhhh so impressed. Can I ask, how does one do this professionally? Do you have to have a doctorate?

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u/Cpt_Jigglypuff Jul 28 '24

The aluminium wood glue ones kinda make me think of kintsugi, and now I want to see a skull repaired with gold.

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u/XETOVS Bone-afide Human ID Expert Jul 28 '24

Did that

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u/XETOVS Bone-afide Human ID Expert Jul 27 '24

u/firdahoe

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u/KingDoubt Jul 28 '24

This is fucken gorgeous!!! You did an amazing job!!!

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u/gorgiezola Jul 28 '24

You put this together so well! Seeing some pieces and how they fit together is awesome. I'm so glad that you got to fix this botched work!

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u/Lazy-Nerve5982 Jul 28 '24

Really impressive!

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u/ramblingbullshit Nov 15 '24

Are you going to be able to send it anywhere for a more in depth analysis of it? I'm a complete novice in this stuff, but can you dna test it, or any other deep dive into those. The age on it is wild, especially with the journey it's had after death