M0005588 and M0005589: Drawings of the posterior view of the cranium modified through head flattening

Previous title, replaced November 2021: Posterior view of cranium deformed according to fashion

Previous title, replaced November 2021: Posterior view of cranium deformed according to fashion

Two illustrations, one of a skull modified through compensatory lateral widening and the other of a skull modified through circular constriction and elongation. Published in Flower, William Henry: Essays on museums and other subjects connected with natural history, London : Macmillan, 1898. Copies of the illustrations were acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and accessioned in 1938 (accession number PHO 10869 and PHO 10870).

August 1938

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the publication depicted in the glass plate negative

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2021.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.