Clear Resin Model of a Human Skull

Made:
1980 in West Yorkshire
maker:
Trevor Hodgson

Clear resin model of a human skull, created by Trevor Hodgson for Yorkshire Television series 'Arthur C Clarke's Mysterious World', 1980, and used later in the second series 'Arthur C Clarke's World of Strange Powers', 1985.

The clear resin cast is a copy of the so-called 'Skull of Doom' , a clear crystal skull allegedly discovered by Anna Hedges at a Mayan temple in Lubaantun, Belize. Part of a collection of television graphics from Yorkshire Television programmes worked on by Hodgson.

Details

Category:
Television
Object Number:
2007-5013/1
Materials:
resin (unidentified)
Measurements:
overall: 140 mm x 125 mm x 190 mm,
type:
television prop
credit:
The National Media Museum, Bradford