Model, Anatomical

Phrenology model manufactured by Fowler and Wells

Object ID:
1957.9512.1
Community:
Massachusetts, Hancock
Makers
Fowler and Wells
Description

Plaster bust of human head. Skull, forehead, and left eye socket divided into irregular sections indicated by carved lines, the larger sections bearing Roman numerals and the smaller lettered A-E and numbered 1-37. Paper label attached to flat section on back, "Names and Groups of Organs," that gives key to the sections and has "Fowler and Wells, Phrenologists and Publishers / 753 Broadway, New York" at bottom. "Phrenology" carved into flat section on front.

Massachusetts Hancock

Massachusetts Hancock

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Shaker Museum Model, Anatomical. https://shakermuseum.us/object/?id=7417. Accessed on September 24, 2024

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