Written in Bone: Bone Biographies

Summary

• G-0196 TERRY 1075RR Left femur with metal rod implanted to stabilize a fracture, which failed to unite despite bone remodeling (formation of new bone tissue).
• Remains from the Terry Collection at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History.

Subject

• National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)
• National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Department of Anthropology
• Written in Bone: Forensic Files of the 17th-Century Chesapeake (Exhibition) (2009-2014: Washington, D.C.)

Notes

This image was for Dr. Douglas Owsley's exhibit "Written in Bone." "Written in Bone" was a popular exhibit at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History that ran from February 7, 2009 to January 6, 2014. The exhibit examined history through forensic anthropological investigations of 17th-century human skeletal remains including those of colonists teetering on the edge of survival at Jamestown, Virginia; those living in the wealthy and well-established settlement of St. Mary's City, Maryland; and farmers located in Leavy Neck in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Original filename: (x-ray)_Terry_1075RR_femur_with_implant.tif

Cite as

Department of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History

Repository Loc.

Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

Date

• 2008
• August 6, 2008

Restrictions & Rights

• No restrictions. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by the Smithsonian Institution Archives. Contact SIA Reference Staff for further information (email photos@si.edu)
• Personal/Educational Use

Topic

• Forensic anthropology
• Physical anthropology

Form/Genre

Born digital

Local number

SIA Acc. 16-150 [SIA16-150_D00003]

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