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Grid of sixteen black-and-white photos of a mustached man in a suit, head fitted with a white measuring band, shown from multiple angles.

Bernard Hollander demonstrating cranial measurement with a head band, c. 1902

A grid of sixteen black-and-white photographs shows a man with a mustache wearing a white band across his head, photographed in profile, from behind, from above and in front, with a triangular marker on the band in several frames. The consistent framing and lighting suggest a measurement demonstration, a historical method of phrenology.

Artist
Bernard Hollander
Date
1902
Medium
Photographs
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
2639 × 4000 px
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