" I removed the braces and had a luthier fill the screw holes and and repair the headstock the right way. This was done in 2006. He glued and clamped it all back together using modern, very high strength resin. He also needed to add a few pieces of wood to the headstock, he said partly to brace it and partly to replace the pieces that were missing (see pics). But, he was able to keep the original shape of the headstock."
And yet, his camera was unable or unwilling to photograph the headstock with any detail.