Today in class Mrs. Lawson presented us with a porcelain bust, and we were told to come up and write some notes down, and research what we saw. On the bottom of the bust there was the "Phrenology" written and big blue letters, and that is what most of us started our research with. Dictionary.com phrenology is "a psychological theory or analytical method based on the belief that certain mental faculties and character
traits are indicated by the configurations of the skull". We then discussed our findings such as what its "provenance" was. (Dictionary.com defines provenance as "a place or source of origin"). We discussed that the provenance for this skull was Oregon, and that the bust was not authentic. The bust presented to us was a reproduction of the originals created by the Fowlers in the 1800s. The Fowlers created the bust when they researched the brain and discovered the different functions of each part of the brain.
traits are indicated by the configurations of the skull". We then discussed our findings such as what its "provenance" was. (Dictionary.com defines provenance as "a place or source of origin"). We discussed that the provenance for this skull was Oregon, and that the bust was not authentic. The bust presented to us was a reproduction of the originals created by the Fowlers in the 1800s. The Fowlers created the bust when they researched the brain and discovered the different functions of each part of the brain.
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