anthropometric measuring tools
Date: circa 1920
Inventory Number: WJ0959
Classification: Anthropometric Measuring Tools
Subject:
Maker: P. Hermann (fl. 1919-1920)
User: Department of Anthropology, Harvard University (founded 1886)
User: Department of Psychology, Harvard University (founded 1934)
Cultural Region:
Place of Origin:
Dimensions:
canvas cloth: 7 x 55 x 20 cm (2 3/4 x 21 5/8 x 7 7/8 in.)
Description:
Instruments for measuring and testing the chief physical characteristics of the human body. These four tools were used to measure, for instance, the height standing, the height above chair when sitting and the span of arms. One tool was also used to measure breathing capacity. The scales are finely engraved, in centimeters, the smallest division being the millimeter.
Tied up and rolled up in canvas cloth, these could have been use in the field during an anthropological expedition. This ensemble comes from the Department of Anthropology. Number 253 is stamped on the canvas.
Tied up and rolled up in canvas cloth, these could have been use in the field during an anthropological expedition. This ensemble comes from the Department of Anthropology. Number 253 is stamped on the canvas.
In Collection(s)
Signedon one instrument: P. HERMANN / ZURICH / SWITZERLAND
ProvenanceDepartment of Anthropology, Harvard University.