Skull from the Morton Collection.

Title

Skull from the Morton Collection.

Subject

Mummies--Collectors and collecting
Morton, Samuel George, 1799-1851.
Chandler, Michael H.
Craniology.
Craniometry.
Ethnology.

Description

The only known illustration of one of the mummies which Michael Chandler had.

Creator

Morton, Samuel George, 1799-1851.

Source

Crania aegyptiaca, or, Observations on Egyptian ethnography, derived from anatomy, history, and the monuments.

Publisher

Philadelphia : J. Pennington.

Date

1844.

Contributor

Weaver, M. S. (Matthias Shirk), 1816-1847, illustrator.
Sinclair, Thomas approximately 1833-, lithographer.

Rights

Courtesy of the American Antiquarian Society.

Identifier

53873

Files

Mormon mummy head.jpg
Date Added
June 1, 2016
Collection
Mummies
Citation
Morton, Samuel George, 1799-1851., “Skull from the Morton Collection.,” Early American Mummymania, accessed April 26, 2024, https://mummymania.omeka.net/items/show/124.