Phrenology Head
notes: label: Description
content: Lorenzo Niles Fowler (1811-1896) and his older brother, Orson Squire Fowler (1809-1887) were active proponents of phrenology in the United States and in England. Inscriptions on the base of this ceramic head read in part “PHRENOLOGY / L. N. / FOWLER” and “ENTERED AT / STATIONERS HALL”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Anatomy
label: Subject
content: Education
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.60.1240
label: catalog number
content: 60.1240
label: accession number
content: 230325
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Anatomical Model
label: Object Name
content: phrenology head
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ceramic, porcelain (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: human head form (overall production method/technique)