model of the head of a chimpanzee
Date: circa 1890
Inventory Number: WJ0172
Classification: Anatomical model
Subject:
Attributed to: L. Casciani & Son (founded 1857)
User: Hugo Münsterberg (1863 - 1916)
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Place of Origin:
Dimensions:
24 x 18 x 16 cm (9 7/16 x 7 1/16 x 6 5/16 in.)
Description:
Painted plaster model of the head of a chimpazee, the brain being exposed on the right side. The head is mounted on a black wooden base. Possibly based on a plaster cast of a deceased chimpanzee.
No stand.
No stand.
In Collection(s)
Signedunsigned
FunctionUsed by the Harvard Psychology Department for the teaching and study of comparative anatomy.
Historical AttributesThis instrument is found in Hugo Münsterberg's 1893 Psychological Laboratory of Harvard University document. It is thus listed: "23. Model of the head of chimpanzee, brain exposed on the side. By Casciani, Dublin. $7.50."
See online reproduction here.
See online reproduction here.
Primary SourcesHugo Münsterberg's 1893 inventory of Harvard's Psychological Laboratory apparatus is located in Harvard University Archives HUF 715.93.72.