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Object Number
86-47-10/47958.1.1
Display Title
Human cranium, anterior
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on board: "Eskimo / War Department, / Surgeon General's Office, Army Medical Museum. / Anatomical Photograph, No 34 (a) / Prepared under the supervision of assistant surgeon George A. Otis, U.S.A. / By order of the surgeon general. / 47958a"; [Verso]: "Cranium of a male adult Indian from Vermont. / 1560, Section IV, Amm. See pages 97 of check / list of preparations in Section of Human Anatomy / of the U.S. Army Medical Museum. / Skull of an Indian, killed during / the Revolution on Onion River near / Bristol, Vermont (the Onion River / is now called the Winooski). He / was a peaceable old man and / an industrious booklet-maker. / He has an internal capacity of 1920 c.c.; / L. 194 mm.; B. 162 mm."
Department
Photographic
Date
1862-1886
Culture
- Native American
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
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United States
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Vermont
Dimensions
Overall: 20.32 × 16.51 cm (8 × 6 1/2 in.)
Provenance
Donor
Donated by
Army Medical Museum
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