Full title: Guida per il Museo Anatomico ed Etnologico di Henri Dessort : la più grande fra le collezioni d'arte : raffiguranti il successivo e completo sviluppo della vita fisica dell'uman genere / Henri Dessort.

Author/creator: Museo Anatomico ed Etnologico di Henri Dessort, Dessort, Henri.

Date: 1866].

Call Numbers: 305.80074/2

Record Identifier: 74VvdEqyMDLX

Language: Italian

Formats: Books

Contents: 40 p. ; 23 cm.

Publishers: [Italy : Henri Dessort, 1866]

Notes: Cover title. Guidebook to an itinerant private anatomical and ethnological museum owned by Henri (Henry) Dessort ... In the final category, examples of the Malay Race, the following exhibits are listed: the head of a Maori chief, Te-Kewiti, who had visited London to obtain grain ... a native of Malekula (New Hebrides); a Papuan from Australia; a Tasmanian, and a New Zealander ... Although it is not explicitly stated in the text, it seems likely that these racial types were three-dimensional representations made from wax or plaster, rather than actual physical specimens on the one-hand, or one-dimensional engraved images on the other .. " -- Bookseller's catalogue.

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DDC: 305.80074

MMS ID: 991005930309702626