M0008968: Full face: Restoration of head of Old man of Cro-Magnon

Date:
November 1943
  • Archives and manuscripts

About this work

Description

Reproduction of a photograph of a model of the head of the Old man of Cro-Magnon, by J.H. McGregor. Modelled after the type skull of Cro Magnon, Dordogne, with teeth restored and face given a younger appearence. The reproduction is from Osborn, Henry Fairfield: Men of the stone age: their environment, life and art, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1915. Related images: M0008960, M0008961, M0008962, M0008963, M0008964, M0008965, M0008966, M0008967, M0008969

Publication/Creation

November 1943

Physical description

1 photograph
glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Notes

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 2020.

Terms of use

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

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Location of original

Wellcome Library; GB.
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