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Model of a Human Embryo
Object Details
- Description
- This papier mache model of a very early human embryo was made the Auzoux factory in Normandy, France. The Smithsonian bought it in 1895, and probably made the round wood base.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- date made
- 1895
- ID Number
- MG.M-10364.05
- accession number
- 29042
- catalog number
- 29042.09
- M-10364.05
- Associated Name
- Auzoux, Louis
- maker
- Etablissements du Docteur Auzoux
- Object Name
- Anatomical Model
- model, anatomical, human egg
- Other Terms
- Models, Embryonic, Batch of; Medicine
- Measurements
- overall: 6 in x 3 in; 15.24 cm x 7.62 cm
- overall: 14.5 cm; 5 11/16 in
- Place Made
- France: Île-de-France, Paris
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- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Health & Medicine
- Subject
- Anatomy
- Education
- Ophthalmology
- Education
- Record ID
- nmah_1374749
- Usage
- CC0
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