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Plaster model, about twice life size, of permanent upper human teeth, illustrating foci of decay in people from Africa (originally termed "negroid races"), as determined by Professor V. Suk, c. 1920
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- Category:
- Anatomy & Pathology
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A112872
- Materials:
- whole, plaster
- Measurements:
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overall: 57 mm x 200 mm x 141 mm,
- type:
- teeth
- credit:
- Suk, V.
