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Ref NoDF/PAL/141/137
Alt Ref NoDF141/137
TitleLoans of specimens
DescriptionLoans including
D R Hughes 'Duckworth Laboratory of Phycial Anthropology' loan of South-east Asian cranial material dated 1965
Flits sent to BM(NH) by BM Department of British and Medieval Antiquities dated 14 April 1976 Loan 3455
N Thomas (City Museum and Art Gallery Birmingham), O Tufnell (Palestine Exploration Fund) relating a skull from the Lachish tomb (skull no. 800) and cast, Iron Age trepanned skull No 115 dated 1965-1966 and 3 casts, relating exhibition title 'World of the Bible' at the V&A and display of skull no. 800 at Birmingham Musuem.
Date1965-1967
AccessStatusOpen
Held ByNHM Archives
LevelFile
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