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Collection	ABDUA University of Aberdeen, Human Culture Collection
Object Name	Skull
	Cranium
	Human Remains
Object Number	ABDUA:38929
Other Number	Slist 77, Scat 209, MI
Other Number Type	1980s Skull List, 1923 Skulls Catalogue Numbers
Creator	S04Hc6
Period	19th Century
Brief Description	Human Remains. New label reads 'Melanesia, (no date), Van Diemens Land'. Written on side of skull 'Van Diemens Land' and written on frontal above nose also. There is a label within the skull but this is stuck inside the skull and cannot be removed. One side of the label is visible but any text on the other side of the card cannot be read. Abnormal nasal bones. Wormian bones in Lambdoid suture. Large external pterygoid plates. William MacGillivray's 1853 catalogue entry: 'Native of Van Diemen's Land, who was shot on the Shannon River. Wants the lower jaw'. Notes from previous cataloguer: ' The mandible is absent and there is slight damage to the surfaces of the frontal and L parietal bones. Male?'
Materials	Human Remains
Condition	Fair
Completeness	Incomplete
Object Production Place	Australia, Tasmania (Van Dieman's Land).
Place Key	Australia, Tasmania (Van Dieman's Land).
Associated Organisation	University of Aberdeen
Object History Note	These human remains were once held by the anatomy department but transfered to the museum. Please see the See Anatomy Skulls Object History File .
Publication Note	See Anatomy Skulls Object History File
Aquisition Source	University of Aberdeen Anatomy Department
Aquisition Note	These human remains were once held by the anatomy departmental museum but were then transfered to the museum.

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