Skull
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- OBJECT TYPE
- human
- DATE
- 1800–1875
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2002.0655.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- bone; metal post
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 19.5 cm
- Width
- 13.0 cm
- Height
- 11.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Medical Technology
- Category
- Miscellaneous
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Part of a large collection of medical artifacts, archival material & trade literature transferred to CSTM in 2002 from the former History of Medicine Museum, Toronto, ON. - Function
-
Unknown - Technical
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Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Markings printed in black ink on outside back of skull are illegible. UHN catalogue number "969.55.12A" printed by hand in black ink on inside of skull, in upper mouth area.
- Missing
- Skull is missing some anatomical elements, and most teeth.
- Finish
- Natural bone; single intact tooth and numerous tooth fragments present. One silver metal post fitted into left front edge.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Skull, between 1800–1875, Artifact no. 2002.0655, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0655.001/
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