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Anthropometric Instrument, by W. Groves, London, c.1884

Inventory Number 14651


Item type
Object
Provenance
Transferred from the Department of Human Anatomy, Oxford, in 1937. Acquired for Oxford University (by Professor Arthur Thomson) from Francis Galton in 1895. Originally from Galton's Anthropometric Laboratory, London.
Object type
Anthropometric apparatus
Dimensions
Height: 146mm Width: 60mm Depth: 40mm
Inventory No
14651
Accession Number
1937-19

Description

A wooden block with one circular end topped with a shallow dish, at the other end of the block is a wire wrapped with green thread.