Model of the head of an older man, brain exposed on the right-hand side
Date: circa 1890
Inventory Number: WJ0167
Classification: Anatomical model
Subject:
Maker: L. Casciani & Son (founded 1857)
User: Hugo Münsterberg (1863 - 1916)
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Place of Origin:
Dimensions:
25 x 14 x 22 cm (9 13/16 x 5 1/2 x 8 11/16 in.)
Material:
Description:
Painted plaster model of the head of a older man, brain exposed on the right side. Possibly based on a plaster cast of the head and neck of a deceased person.
Stand is missing.
Stand is missing.
Signedunsigned
FunctionUsed by the Psychology Department for the teaching and study of comparative anatomy.
Historical AttributesThis model is listed as #14 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.