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model of the head of a six month-old child, brain exposed on the righthand side

Date: circa 1890

Inventory Number: WJ0169

Classification: Anatomical model

Subject:

physiology, psychology, anatomy,

Maker: L. Casciani & Son (founded 1857)

User: Hugo Münsterberg (1863 - 1916)

Cultural Region:

Ireland,

Place of Origin:

Dublin,

Dimensions:

22 x 14 x 16 cm (8 11/16 x 5 1/2 x 6 5/16 in.)

Material:

wood, plaster,

Description:

Painted plaster model of the head of a six-month old child, brain exposed on the right side, mounted on a square wooden base. Possibly based on a plaster cast of the head and neck of a deceased child.

Signedunsigned

FunctionUsed by the Psychology Department for the teaching and study of comparative anatomy.

Historical AttributesThis model is listed as #18 on Hugo Münsterberg's 1893 inventory of Harvard's Psychological Laboratory; see Harvard University Archives HUF 715.93.72.

See online reproduction here.