Ivory phrenological head

Made:: 1850-1914

Ivory phrenological head, with areas marked off and labelled, with circular pedestal and square wooden base

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Category:: Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A642801

Materials:: ivory and wood

type:: phrenological heads

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Ivory phrenological head

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