model of the head of an orangutan with brain exposed on the side
Date: circa 1890
Inventory Number: WJ0660
Classification: Anatomical model
Subject:
Maker: L. Casciani & Son (founded 1857)
User: Hugo Münsterberg (1863 - 1916)
Cultural Region:
Place of Origin:
Dimensions:
29.5 x 33 x 26 cm (11 5/8 x 13 x 10 1/4 in.)
Description:
Painted plaster model of the head of a orangutang, brain exposed on the right side, mounted on black wooden base. Possibly based on a plaster cast of a deceased animal.
In Collection(s)
Signedunsigned
InscribedLeft shoulder is faintly marked with the number "5."??
on proper right upper arm, pressed into plaster mold: 2
on proper right upper arm, pressed into plaster mold: 2
FunctionUsed by the Psychology Department for the teaching and study of comparative anatomy.
Historical AttributesThis model is listed as #24 on Hugo Münsterberg's 1893 inventory of Harvard's Psychological Laboratory; see Harvard University Archives HUF 715.93.72.
This instrument is found in Hugo Münsterberg's 1893 Psychological Laboratory of Harvard University document. It is thus listed: "24. Model of the head of orang-utang, brain exposed on the side. By Casciani, Dublin. $7.50."
See online reproduction here.
This instrument is found in Hugo Münsterberg's 1893 Psychological Laboratory of Harvard University document. It is thus listed: "24. Model of the head of orang-utang, brain exposed on the side. By Casciani, Dublin. $7.50."
See online reproduction here.