Model of the head of a young girl, brain exposed on the righthand side
Date: circa 1890
Inventory Number: WJ0170
Classification: Anatomical model
Subject:
Maker: L. Casciani & Son (founded 1857)
User: Hugo Münsterberg (1863 - 1916)
Cultural Region:
Place of Origin:
Dimensions:
21 x 14 x 20 cm (8 1/4 x 5 1/2 x 7 7/8 in.)
Material:
Description:
Painted plaster model of the head of a girl, brain exposed on the right side. Possibly based on a plaster cast of the head and neck of a deceased person.
No stand.
No stand.
In Collection(s)
Signedunsigned
FunctionUsed by the Psychology Department for the teaching and study of comparative anatomy.
Historical AttributesThis model is listed as #19 on Hugo Münsterberg's 1893 inventory of Harvard's Psychological Laboratory; see Harvard University Archives HUF 715.93.72.
See online reproduction here.
See online reproduction here.
Curatorial RemarksBase is missing.
Note reads: "Base that was with WJ0662 now with WJ0170 & on exhibition 3rd FL. A MATTER OF FACT. MR 11/30/09"
Note reads: "Base that was with WJ0662 now with WJ0170 & on exhibition 3rd FL. A MATTER OF FACT. MR 11/30/09"