Human remains

Museum number:
12-57
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21120000057
Alternate number:
12-57 (burial number) and 40 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.117
Description:
Skull and mandible of male aged 40 years. Some soft tissue is attached on maxillae, inside cranium, and a few other places on cranium.Cranial deformation. Maxillae discolored green either from cut or mold. Cranium sawed open removing part of the right and left parietal and frontal.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
OR-Wasco-NL-2, Wasco County, Central Oregon
Collector:
Frederic Ward Putnam
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Human remains
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Human remains
Comment:
NAGPRA description: Cranium [ditto]
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Human remains, accession number 12-57, described as Skull and mandible of male aged 40 years. Some soft tissue is attached on maxillae, inside cranium, and a few other places on cranium.Cranial deformation. Maxillae discolored green either from cut or mold. Cranium sawed open removing part of the right and left parietal and frontal.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Human remains, accession number 12-57, described as Skull and mandible of male aged 40 years. Some soft tissue is attached on maxillae, inside cranium, and a few other places on cranium.Cranial deformation. Maxillae discolored green either from cut or mold. Cranium sawed open removing part of the right and left parietal and frontal.

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