Human skin, tattooed with pierced heart, French, 1850-1900. Tattoo -black outlined heart, pierced with arrow and crowned, very faded with extensive feathering. Skin - Yellow/cream-brown colouration, especially at edges, pores also a discoloured brown, perhaps chemical. Roughly square shape, thin cross-section, some dark hairs visible.
Details
- Category:
- Anatomy & Pathology
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A798
- Materials:
- Skin, Human
- type:
- human remains and tattoo
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust