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Object Number
86-47-10/47984.1.2
Display Title
Composite of seven adult male skulls, left side
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on board: "Sandwich / Island / Composite picture of seven adult male Sandwich Islanders / skulls. Nos. 425, 444, 442, 445, 438, 286. Army Medical Museum / Peab. Mus. No. 47984"
Department
Photographic
Date
1862-1886
Culture
- Hawaiian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
United States
/
Hawaii
Dimensions
Overall: 13.97 × 14.2875 cm (5 1/2 × 5 5/8 in.)
Provenance
Donor
Donated by
Army Medical Museum
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