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LicenseWooden and brass craniometer with various hinged attachments
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Wooden and brass craniometer with various hinged attachments
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Wooden and brass craniometer with various hinged attachments, used by Paul Broca, a pioneering craniologist, probably French, 1840-1880
This craniometer includes various hinged attachments to aid measurement of skull sizes. Probably made in France, it was used by Paul Broca (1824-1880) who was a French surgeon, anthropologist and pioneering craniologist.
Details
- Category:
- Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A658588
- Measurements:
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overall: 5 mm x 345 mm x 175 mm, .18kg
- type:
- craniometer
- credit:
- Kandel, M.
