tooth molds
date: label: date made
content: 1987
name: label: user
content: Shepard, Matthew
label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Matthew Shepard was a college student, targeted for being gay, robbed, and brutally murdered in Laramie, Wyoming, in 1998. Shepard wore braces for many years, including all through college.
label: Description (Brief)
content: A set of clear three-dimensional plastic molds of teeth and upper and lower palates. One is of upper teeth and palate and the other is of the lower teeth and palate. Both molds are labeled "Matt Shepard / 10-30-87" in red permanent marker.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: LGBTQ Rights
label: Subject
content: LGBTQ
label: Subject
content: Gay Rights
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Dennis and Judy Shepard
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2019.0004.18
label: catalog number
content: 2019.0004.18
label: accession number
content: 2019.0004
objectType: label: Object Name
content: tooth molds
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/8 in x 4 7/8 in x 4 7/8 in; 2.8575 cm x 12.3825 cm x 12.3825 cm