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Object Number
30-62-70/D3711.0
Display Title
Homo sapiens sapiens
Descriptions
Object Description
Nearly complete mummified cranial human remains of an adult male.
Inventory Description
Mummified human head, tatooed skin, teeth, hair.
Classification
- Osteological
Department
Osteological
Culture
- Maori
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
New Zealand
Materials
Bone, Tissue, Tooth, Hair, Mummy
Dimensions
Overall: 18 x 25.5 x 14.1 cm (7 1/16 x 10 1/16 x 5 9/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
D3711
Provenance
Owner
Whitby Literary & Philosophical Society
(01/01/1930)
Collector
Capt. Stephenson Ellerby
(Unknown)
Seller
Whitby Literary & Philosophical Society
(1930)
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