Crania Ægyptiaca: Or, Observations on Egyptian Ethnography Derived from Anatomy, History and the MonumentsMorton, Samuel George
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Crania Ægyptiaca: Or, Observations on Egyptian Ethnography Derived from Anatomy, History and the Monuments
Morton, Samuel George
Craniology -- Egypt; Ethnology -- Egypt
Plate VIII., Fig. 5. (Cat. 866.) A small, juvenile, female head, with
a convex but retreating forehead, and the whole face remarkably sharp,
projecting, and repulsive. This head is elaborately gilded, and
retains a portion of long, fine, smooth hair. _Egyptian form?_
(Cat. 873.) An oval cranium, with a good frontal region, and salient
nasal bones. The alveoli have been almost destroyed by absorption
consequent to advanced age.—I. C. 88 cubic inches. _Pelasgic form?_
Plate VIII., Fig. 6. (Cat. 883.) A well-developed cranium, with a long
straight nose. A man of forty?—I. C. 82 cubic inches. F. A. 81°.
_Egyptian form._
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(Cat. 888.) Head of a man of thirty-five years? most carefully
embalmed, with a high frontal region, and very long prominent angular
face.—I. C. 85 cubic inches. _Egyptian_ blended with Negro or Malay
lineaments? The conformation of this head is not unlike that of some
modern Nubians.
Plate VIII., Fig. 7. (Cat. 880.) A female head? of a fine oval form,
long, straight nose, and quadrangular orbits. The angles of the lower
jaw are remarkably expanded. The hair, which is cut short, is fine,
and of a dark-brown colour.—I. C. 85 cubic inches. F. A. 80°.
_Egyptian form._
Plate VIII., Fig. 8. (Cat. 867.) A large head with a broad convex
frontal region, and full occiput. The nose is large and remarkably
salient, and the maxillary bones projecting and ponderous. A little
soft, dark-brown hair is attached to some remaining fragments of the
scalp.—I. C. 86 cubic inches. F. A. 78°. _Egyptian form._
This person has evidently undergone decapitation, and in order to
attach the head again to the body, a ball of mummy cloth has been
formed on the end of a piece of reed _within the cranium_, and the
other end has been thrust between the spine and adjacent muscles, and
confined there by bandages. There is also an excision of the occipital
protuberance, by means of an axe or other sharp instrument, seemingly
made by an unskilful effort to sever the head from the body.
Plate VIII., Fig. 9. (Cat. 855.) Head of a female not exceeding
eighteen years of age, with a finely developed forehead, very long
aquiline nose, small but prominent face, and very peculiar features.
Hair, dark-brown, and extremely fine. The face is gilded.—I. C. 78
cubic inches. _Egyptian form._
(Cat. 874.) Head of a child of nine or ten years, closely shaved and
elaborately gilded, with a high, full forehead, projecting jaws, and
oblique teeth. _Egyptian blended with the Negro form?_
(Cat. 48.) Skull of a child of eight years, with a fine frontal
region, but rather prominent face. Hair long, and of a dark-brown
colour. _Egyptian form._
Plate IX. (Cat. 856.) A cranium of harmonious proportions, with a fine
forehead, gently aquiline nose, delicate facial bones, and perfect
teeth. A man of thirty?—I. C. 92 cubic inches. F. A. 80°.
_Egypto-Pelasgic form._
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