Assortment of Symbolical Heads

Assortment of Symbolical Heads

Phrenology

Models (representations)

Marked or numbered with the thirty-five faculties identified by J. G. Spurzheim, these 19th century symbolical heads remain the most enduring icon of the phrenological movement. Many heads of this type were produced and marketed by the Fowler and Wells company as both teaching tool and advertising.

Five symbolical heads

Unknown

1800s

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Marshall Phrenological Collection, 1870s-1958. B MS c99.

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physical object

Purchased for the Boston Medical Library, 1970