Aimoré materials, Samuel George Morton Papers
Culture:
Aimoré includes: Botocudo
Language: English
Date: May 2, 1837
Contributor: Wied, Maximilian, Prinz von, 1782-1867
Subject: Human remains | Skulls | Phrenology | Anthropometry
Type: Text
Genre: Correspondence
Extent: 2 pages
Description: Letter to Samuel Morton regarding Morton's work on American man. Can send only a drawing of a Botocudo skull, given to Blumenbach at Goettingen, found in his Decades Craniorum (1790-1828), plate 58. Skull of man of Rio Grande de Belmonte. Will get drawing of Charruas and Patagonians.
Collection: Samuel George Morton Papers Mss.B.M843