Caption
Four images of a Sami male skull, Cranio lappone, di Kautokeino ?, No. 2595, page, Top left a front view, top center a rear view, top right a view of the underside, bottom a side view., number: '2595', number: 'Tavola XXXVI.', photographer: Paolo Mantegazza, Scandinavia, photographer: Carlo Pietro Stefano Sommier, c. 1870 - in or before 1880, paper, albumen print, height 254 mm x width 340 mm, Photo in photo section at the back., (human) skull, A sepia-toned sheet shows five photographic views of a human skull mounted on stands, arranged with three images across the top and two larger images below; the top left shows a frontal view of the skull with empty eye sockets and visible upper and lower teeth, the top center shows the rear of the skull with the rounded occipital surface, and the top right shows the skull viewed from below with the palate and tooth sockets visible around a large central opening; the lower left image shows a profile view of the skull angled slightly forward, and the lower right image shows the top rear portion of the cranium; each photograph is bordered by rounded rectangular frames and the sheet background has a mottled, aged appearance.
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Photo12/Liszt Collection
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LZT26B04_143
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