| |
Pathological Human Skulls
Operations & Disease Caused Anomalies -
Many illnesses can affect, or cause the need of a procedure or surgery that will affect, the growth and development or condition of the skull. There are: Common childhood illnesses that affect the initial formation of the bone, infections and degenerative diseases that degrade the bone material later in life, and surgeries that necessitate the removal and replacement of large sections of the skull necessary when performing brain surgery. These specimens represent the ravages of maladies acquired in life rather than inherited or present at birth.
|
| Individually Priced & Numbered for Reference |
 |
 |
 |
Skull #880 P
Pathological skull. Male from China.
Infection that eventually caused loss of the 3 upper left molars.
8 teeth; 21 lost post-mortem. Some dark areas on frontal plate.
$1,500 |
 |
 |
 |
Skull # 1089P
Pathological skull. Male from China.
Infection hole through palate.
21 teeth; 7 lost post-mortem, 4 lost ante-mortem.
Some dark and eroded areas on cranium.
$2,000 |
 |
 |
 |
Skull #840 P
Pathological skull. Male from China.
Abscessed upper left maxilla.
29 teeth; 3 missing from abscess, dark brown staining on the rest, slight damage to left orbital.
{Restored: Right nasal, and far right side of bone at the edge of the abscess damage.}
$2,500 |
 |
 |
 |
Skull #740 P
Pathological skull. Male from China.
No teeth, severe right cheek infection that affected right orbital, zygomatic, disfigured the right mandibular condyle, and affected other surrounding areas.
$2,500 |
 |
 |
 |
| Skull #758 P
Pathological skull. Male from China.
Ulcerations and pits through and on cranium. 1 tooth root erupting through maxilla (side), and 1 tooth erupting thorough palate.
13 teeth; 18 lost ante-mortem.
$2,500
|
 |
 |
 |
Skull #763 P
Pathological skull. Male from Germany. Cut calvarium, and spring-held mandible.
Healing neurosurgical procedure (craniotomy with craniectomy) affecting large portion of the left parietal on cranium.
No teeth, most lost ante-mortem, 7 lost post-mortem. Strange opposing metal pins in the upper and lower dental arcade.
$3,000 |
 |
 |
 |
Skull #579 P
Pathological skull. Male from China.
7 teeth. A fabulous specimen! Please call for further information.
Casts
of this specimen are available for $200 each.
Original specimen is for sale.
$4,000 |
Human Bone Laws & Information
In short, it is perfectly legal to posses and sell human bones in the United States. There are a few exceptions and addendums to this including a few states where import and export has been banned, and of course, protected archaeological resources covered by the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. For more information and specifics please visit our Bone FAQ page.
Human Bone Price Increase***
While it has not been too long since I was forced to raise human bone prices, I must do it again. Supplies have continued to fall since China, the only country recently shipping significant numbers of human bones, passed a law outlawing their export right before the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
After a much longer period of exporting very large quantities of human bones, India outlawed export from that country in 1985. A
large percentage of the current stock in the U.S. came from those two sources, and with no new country exporting to fill the demand, the
price has increased very markedly.
Hence, we have had to raise prices on all of our natural human bone products as of 3-1-10. - Ronald Cauble, Owner.
|
|
HOME
Fossils
Odds & Ends
Casts
Unique Gifts
Jewelry
New