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HTH-1332

Record

Holding institution
Cleveland Museum of Natural History
Collection
Hamann-Todd Collection (USA)
Sex
Male
Age
50 years
Country of origin
USA

Curator notes

Todd age determination by cadaver 50 yrs.
Mensforth age determination by skeleton 48.
Ancestry: Caucasian.
Cause of death: hanging.

Provenance

Lyman M. Jellema

1 lesions

sharp

Bones
Cranium
Timing
Antemortem
Force
Direct

Blade — Glass Sharp force

Posible damage to the masseter.

  • Detail of the piece of glass stuck and embedded.

    Lyman M. Jellema. <br /><a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/'><img alt='Creative Commons License' style='border-width:0' src='http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nc-nd/3.0/88x31.png' /></a><br />This <span xmlns:dc='http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/' href='http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage' rel='dc:type'>work</span> is licensed under a <a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/'>Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported License</a>

  • Superior view. Two lesions can be observed- a depression on the frontal bone, and a sharp piece of glass embedded in the left maxilla.

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Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Hamann-Todd Collection (USA). catalogue no. HTH-1332

Cleveland Museum of Natural History