Reproduction
Object numberRCSHC/Osteo. 880
Scientific nameHomo sapiens
CollectionHunterian
CategoryDry preparations
Object nameCranium, General Osteology of Man, Tooth loss, Dental Caries, Un-mounted dry bone
DescriptionThe skull of a female from the Caribbean.
The skull is long and flat with an elongated appearance around the region of the orbits. The frontal is flat and sloped making the orbital portion angulated and shallow. There is a slight occipital bun and the area posterior to the foramen magnum is flat and protruding. Small mastoids and smooth super orbital ridges suggest probable female, young to middle age adult. Two bilateral ossicles on the temporo-parietal suture, just posterior to temporal bosses. Two smalls ossicles at the left lambdoid suture.
Small possible button osteoma on the frontal and maybe on the right parietal and left parietal. Left parietal foramen present. PM loss of all the anterior teeth except left first premolar. AM loss of the first molars and possibly of the second molars. Third molars are absent. Palatine foramina have merged into one large foramen. The extant tooth (first premolar) has a large buccal cavity and some wear.
Production date 1760 - 1793
Preparator
Owner/user
presented
Physical Location
LocationNot on public display: contact museum for access conditions
Physical Information
Physical descriptionDry preparation of bone un-mounted.
Dimensions
whole weight: 572 g
Glabello-occ length: 173.2 mm
Nasio-occ length: 175.6 mm
Basion-nasion length: 88.8 mm
Basion-bregma height: 119.0 mm
Max cranial breadth: 143.6 mm
Max Frontal breadth: 112.6 mm
Nasion-prosthion length: 74.1 mm
Nasal height: 54.7 mm
Nasal breadth: 26.7 mm
Frontal chord length: 107.7 mm
Parietal chord length: 101.3 mm
Occ chord length: 88.7 mm
Glabello-occ length: 173.2 mm
Nasio-occ length: 175.6 mm
Basion-nasion length: 88.8 mm
Basion-bregma height: 119.0 mm
Max cranial breadth: 143.6 mm
Max Frontal breadth: 112.6 mm
Nasion-prosthion length: 74.1 mm
Nasal height: 54.7 mm
Nasal breadth: 26.7 mm
Frontal chord length: 107.7 mm
Parietal chord length: 101.3 mm
Occ chord length: 88.7 mm
Bibliography
SourceDobson 1970-71
Transcript880 The cranium of a Carib, said to be female, from one of the Caribbean Islands. It shows the same low and receding forehead, but with a broader and more generally depressed cranium.
