Model of a Human Egg
Model of a Human Egg
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- Description
- This papier mache model of a human egg about eight days after fertilization was made the Auzoux factory in Normandy, France. The Smithsonian bought it in 1895, and probably made the round wood base.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Anatomical Model
- model, anatomical, human egg
- date made
- 1895
- Associated Name
- Auzoux, Louis
- maker
- Etablissements du Docteur Auzoux
- Place Made
- France: Île-de-France, Paris
- Measurements
- overall: 5 5/8 in x 3 in; 14.2875 cm x 7.62 cm
- overall: 15 cm x 7.5 cm; 5 7/8 in x 2 15/16 in
- ID Number
- MG.M-10357.01
- accession number
- 29042
- catalog number
- M-10357.01
- 29042.12
- subject
- Anatomy
- Education
- Ophthalmology
- Education
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- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Health & Medicine
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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