SOS = Save Our Skulls,Hyrtl Skull Collection, Mutter Museum, Philadelphia PA

Save Our Skulls 

A campaign to restore the Hyrtl Skull Collection at the Mütter Museum 

After more than 100 years, everybody needs a little repair! 

ROW ONE (22 Skulls): 

Name, age: unknown 

Gender: Male 

Nationality/Place of Origin: Amsterdam 

Accession #: 1006.009 

Cause of Death: Suicide 

Description: Turned-up nasal bones. 

  

Name, age: unknown 

Gender: Female 

Nationality/Place of Origin: Amsterdam 

Accession #: 1006.010 

Cause of Death: Suicide; persistent frontal suture. 

Description: Metopic suture; nasal crest; low cranial vault.