Human skin

Made:: 1850-1920 in France

Human skin, tattooed with ten-pointed star, probably French, 1850-1920

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Category:: Anatomy & Pathology

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A674

Materials:: skin, human

type:: human remains and tattoo

credit:: Wellcome Trust

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Human skin

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