Decas collectionis suae craniorum diversarum gentium illustrata.

  • Johann Friedrich Blumenbach
Date:
1790-1828
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Credit: Decas collectionis suae craniorum diversarum gentium illustrata. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    reliquias etc. Ita Caribaei cranio quod munificentiae perill. Bank- sii Baroneti debeo, peropportune feruati funt paffim adhaerentes capilli re&i, rigidiufculi, quibus vel primo intuitu fi adhuc opus effet fcrupulus tolli poteft ne forte ad aethiopes pertineat fugitiuos c) quos Caribaeas infulas et maxime infulam Sti Ifincentii inde a me- dio feculi praeteriti magno numero habitare, et paflim indigenarum Indorum lingularem capitis formam, artis imitamento acquifitam prae fe ferre d) notum e fi. Tunc vero cranium ipfum ad examen reuocandum, et inqui- rendum num et vere chara&erifticum fit et anthropologico fcopo in- feruire pofiit. Fieri enim poteft vt et vere genuinum cranium ta- men huic fini male refpondeat fi forte morbofa affeftione laboret, aut indiuiduali partium difproportione quam cafus intulit, deforma- tum fit. Ita enim et inter noftrates paillm occurunt homines capi- tis forma adeo fingulari confpicui, vt fi eadem vniuerfae cuidam genti communis effet, haec inter varietates humani generis iure meritoque poneretur. Cauendum ergo ne et in exotico cranio fi- milem fortuitam deformationem pro gentilitia fumamus; cui qui- dem errori omnium optime obuiatur fi plura eiusdem gentis crania inuicem comparare licet. Si hoc non datur, imagines faltim conferendae ad viuum fa- ftae, et quibus aut artificis dofta manus, aut periti iudicis autoptae teftimonium fidem facit. Refero huc quoque, imo vero praefero fubinde icones quae, etiamfi non perfonam aliquam vt vulgo dicitur, exhibeant, ta- men c) Cf. Labat voyage aux lies de l' Amerique ed. 2. T. VI. pag. 243 fq*— i,&habillement uniforme ri empcche pas quon ne dijlingue aifement les ,,Car albes des Ncgres, ces derniers ont les cheveux crefpus et jfins comme „de la laine, au Heu que les Car albes les ont noirs, longs, droits, et n for t gros. „ d) Cf. Thibault deChanv alon voyage a la Martinhque p. 39 fq. — t, Les negres introduits chez les Cardibes en prirent les moeurs et les cou- ,,tumes. Iis applatirent comme eux la tete de leurs enfans par devant, ,,sn la comprimant entre deux planches des qu'ils font nes, ce qui la reni „dijforme et monjlrueufe. „
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