Mesoamerican King of (dental) Bling


A couple months ago, in A Jaded Smile, I featured a Mayan skull that had jade-inlaid teeth. Now National Geographic has jumped the shark in terms of dental ornamentation with the example above from Chiapas, Mexico in a collection at Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History. One has to surmise that this specimen may have been "created" by inserting teeth from various individuals into a single skull; perhaps Willa or Reuben Clark can offer an opinion in that regard. Discussion at the link re the anthropological and medical implications of the skull. (Via Neatorama's Upcoming Queue).