Plaster cast of chimpanzee hand

Plaster cast of chimpanzee hand

Casts

Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894

Pan trogloytes

Wyman, Jefferies, 1814-1874

Plaster cast of chimpanzee right hand, painted white. Cast has wire loop through palm. This chimpanzee hand was cast in plaster by Jefferies Wyman between 1830 and 1851. Wyman gave the cast to Holmes.

Wyman, Jefferies, 1814-1874

1830-1851

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Donated by Oliver Wendell Holmes to the Warren Anatomical Museum in 1851