P e r f e c t   V e s s e l s

Photographs of human skulls, made perfectly symmetrical.
(Mütter/Hyrtl descriptions reflect mid-1800s language)

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joanovitz

Milan Joanovits, m, 30 (Catholic, robber + murderer; executed in Belgrade)

trompetta

Gennaro Trompetta, m, 13 (Neopolitan fisherman)

syphilis

Unknown [ Nº 1161.01 ] Syphilitic Necrosis

falkensteiner

Maria Falkensteiner, ƒ, 22 (Maidservant; died of Meningitis)

trani

Orazio Trani, m, 39 (Idiot)

lobotomy

Unknown [ Nº ƒ2005.126.1 ] trans-orbital lobotomy)

zini

Girolamo Zini, m, 20 (Tightrope walker; died of broken neck)

bone room

Unknown [ Nº 1006.80 ] bone room specimen)

fetal

Unknown [ Nº ƒ2008.5 ] fetal skull 2

geza

Geza Uirmeny, m, 80 (failed suicide at age 70; lived until 80 without further melancholy)

corti

Marianna Corti, ƒ, 23 (Catholic, maidservant; died of puerperal fever)

jaworksi

Teophil Jaworski, m, 20 (Soldier, suicide)

underbite

Unknown [ Nº 1008.52 ] underbite

mandsink

Jakob Mandsink, m, 62 (suicide)

rapanui

Unknown [ Nº 1008.35A+B ] Rapanui, Easter Island

mikschik

Anton Mikschik, m, 17 (Shoemaker’s apprentice; suicide because of discovered theft)

malinpieris

Ettore Malinpieris, m, - (Sailor; died of fractured vertebral column)

parkin

Charles Lorne Parkin, m, 25 (soldier; died of gas gangrene resulting from cranial gunshot wound)

shattered reconstructed

Unknown [ Nº 1151.44 ] shattered, reconstructed

soltesz

Joska Soltesz, m, 28 (soldier; died of Pneumonia)

seycora

Francisca Seycora, ƒ, 19 (Famous Viennese prostitute; died of Meningitis)

negro female

Unknown [ Nº 1006.146 ] ‘Negro female'

pv_II

Perfect Vessel - Spike I

pv_IV

Perfect Vessel — ‘Del'

pv_V

Perfect Vessel — Spike III

pv_III

Perfect Vessel — Spike II

pv_VII

Perfect Vessel — V

pv_VI

Perfect Vessel — Spike IV

pv_1

Perfect Vessel — Therese


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