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HTH-2033

Record

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

Curator notes

Todd age determination by cadaver 58 yrs.
Mensforth age determination by skeleton 59 yrs.
Ancestry: Caucasian.

Scientific notes

Cause of death : Shot though the mouth with intention to indicate suicide.

Provenance

Lyman M. Jellema

1 lesions

fire arm

Bones
Cranium
Timing
Perimortem
Force
Direct

Gunshot wound Firearm

  • Entrance wound through hard palate and roof of nose.

    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>

  • Fracture of frontal bone adjacent to right coronal suture with spreading fissures through right parietal, exit wound.

    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>

  • Skull fractured over the vault.

    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>

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Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Hamann-Todd Collection (USA). catalogue no. HTH-2033

Cleveland Museum of Natural History