Post by C D Xbow on Jan 5, 2007 16:36:05 GMT -5
The British Museum crystal skull and the one at Paris' Musée de l'Homme were studied scientifically in 1996. If you remember they both were originally sold by Eugène Boban, a French collector of pre-Columbian artifacts and dealer who ran his business in Mexico City from around 1860. The British Museum crystal skull was sold through New York's Tiffany's, whilst the Musée de l'Homme's crystal skull was donated by a collector who had bought it from directly from Boban
The research carried out on them has shown that the indented lines marking the teeth were carved using jeweler's rotary tools which were not developed only in the 19th century, making a supposed pre-Columbian origin impossibe - they never had the wheel! The type of crystal is a poor quality Brazilian, and unknown within the Aztec or Maya territories. Thus these skulls were crafted in the 19th century in Germany.
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The research carried out on them has shown that the indented lines marking the teeth were carved using jeweler's rotary tools which were not developed only in the 19th century, making a supposed pre-Columbian origin impossibe - they never had the wheel! The type of crystal is a poor quality Brazilian, and unknown within the Aztec or Maya territories. Thus these skulls were crafted in the 19th century in Germany.
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