Studies from the Anthropological Laboratory, the Anatomy School, Cambridge / by W.L.H. Duckworth.

  • Wynfrid Duckworth
Date:
1904
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Credit: Studies from the Anthropological Laboratory, the Anatomy School, Cambridge / by W.L.H. Duckworth. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Australians (at the end nearest the window) are noteworthy, No. 25 showing the form of pelvis (compressed laterally) met with in males of this race. With this pelvic form may be contrasted that of the Eskimo woman (No. 1873). The origin of the two skeletons of individuals of the Bush race of South Africa is not exactly known, but they present features not altogether typical of that race (for the skulls of which cf. specimens No. 1738 et seq. in case No. 3). Of the remaining skeletons that of Madame Barre1 is worth notice; then follow skeletons of East Anglians from near Cambridge, and lastly a most valuable specimen—viz., the skeleton of an individual of the Long Barrow race, which is referred to the Neolithic period in this country. This skeleton forms part of the well-known Thurnam Collection, which was secured for the University by Professor Humphry, and which comprises a large series of crania of the inhabitants of Britain from the Neolithic period onwards. In the case No. 6 will be found another great collection of skulls of Egyptians, chiefly of the periods following : Dynasty xii. (Memphis, Fig. 5.—Peruvian (Hutchinson Coll.). Nos. 1254-1362, Aswan, Nos. 1364-1459, Qurnah, Nos. 1509-1510), and Dynasty xxii. (Balsamum near Deshasheh, Nos. 3141-3258), and 1 “Madame Barre, a distinguished French lady, who bequeathed her body to me.”—Macartney. (Descriptive notes of the Macartney Collection.) This skeleton is therefore evidently not that of Madame Barry, the famous actress of the eighteenth century and rival of Mrs Siddons.
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