102281 | GERMANY. Johann Friedrich Blumenbach bronze Medal.
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102281 | GERMANY. Johann Friedrich Blumenbach bronze Medal. Issued 1825. Commemorating the Jubilee of the Anthropologist's Doctorate (50mm, 66.41 g, 12h). By G. Loos and H. Gube in Berlin.
I FR BLUMENBACH NATO GOTHAE D 11 MAII 1752 DOCT CREATO GOTTINGAE D 19 SEPT 1775, bust left / NATURAE INTERPRETI OSSA LOQUI IUBENTI PHYSIOSOPHILI GERMANICI D 19 SEPT 1825, three human skulls, as classified by Blumenbach: Caucasian, Ethiopian, and Mongolian. Edge: Plain.
Storer 398; Brettauer 125. Mint State. Glossy violet-brown surfaces, with some very light rub upon the high points and a few scattered spots. An ever-interesting and haunting type.
Blumenbach was an anthropologist from the University of Gƶttingen and specialized in the study and classification of human skulls from around the worldālater known as craniometry. At the time of his death, he owned 245 whole skulls and fragments, along with two mummies. The term ācaucasianā as a descriptor of race was also derived from him, as his influential use of it in 1795 quickly caught on in scientific circles. For more information on Blumenbach and a modern analysis of his careerāas well as a reference to this medallic issueāvisit Nell Irvin Painterās āWhy White People Are Called āCaucasian?ā.ā
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