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Homo sapiens
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Object number RCSHM/Osteo. 37
Collection College Museum
Category Dry preparations
Taxon Homo sapiens
MeSH Term Skull
Object Type Mounted dry bone
Skull of a neonate or fetus at full term.
This specimen was acquired by the College from the British Museum in 1809. It may originally have been part of the collection of Sir Hans Sloane or from the cabinet of the Royal Society, but its precise provenance has not been traced.
Owner/user Sloane, Sir Hans, 1660-1753, knight, physician (? before 1753)
Owner/user British Museum (before 1809)
Attribution to Sloane is tentative.
Purchased British Museum (1809)

Physical Location
Location in museum Case 1

Physical Information
Physical description Dry
Inscription content Homo sapiens