Phrenology Head
notes: label: Description
content: A paper label on the back of this plaster phrenological head reads “APPROVED BY / FOWLER & WELLS / PHRENOLOGICAL CABINET / 129 & 131 Nassau Street / NEW YORK.” Fowler & Wells was a publishing house established in 1835 by Orson Squire Fowler and his brother, Lorenzo Niles Fowler. Samuel Roberts Wells joined the firm in 1843.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
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.293320.1149
label: catalog number
content: 293320.1149
label: accession number
content: 293320
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Phrenology Head
label: Object Name
content: phrenology head
label: Object Name
content: model, anatomical
label: Other Terms
content: Phrenology Head; Psychological Apparatus
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plaster (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 13.8 cm x 12.5 cm x 26.5 cm; 5 7/16 in x 4 15/16 in x 10 7/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 1/4 in x 5 1/2 in x 7 1/4 in; 26.035 cm x 13.97 cm x 18.415 cm