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Object Number 2005.1.171
Display Title Skin color chart
Descriptions
Object Description Skin color chart of 36 glass mosaic pieces set in single-sided brass tray with numbers; glass pieces 9 and 20 missing, piece 4 chipped. Paper label on back reads "108 Von Luschan Skin Color Chart"
Classification
  • Standards
Department Ethnographic
Artist Prof. Dr. Felix von Luschan
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Europe / Germany / <State> / <County> / Berlin
Materials Brass, Glass
Dimensions Overall: 18.2 x 7 x 0.7 cm (7 3/16 x 2 3/4 x 1/4 in.)
Label on object 108 Von Luschan Skin Color Chart
Credit Line Collection of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology

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