Plaster phrenological head

Made:: 1800-1899

Plaster phrenological head, possibly of Voltaire, 19th century.

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Category:: Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

Object Number:: 1992-34/8

Materials:: plaster

type:: phrenological head

credit:: Philip Mutton ARICS

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Plaster phrenological head

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