Incan Mural Unveiled

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Summary

The Smithsonian unveils a large mural showing an Inca surgeon cutting open the skull of a living patient in the ancient city of Machu Pichu, high in the Peruvian Andes. The 7 by 12 foot mural, painted by Alton S. Tobey of New York, is put in the new Hall of Physical Anthropology, located in the National Museum of Natural History.

Subject

  • Tobey, Alton S (Alton Stanley) 1914-2005
  • Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Division of Physical Anthropology
  • National Museum of History and Technology (U.S.)

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 1, "The Torch," March, 1966.

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

February 28, 1966

Topic

  • Mural painting and decoration
  • History of medicine
  • Physical anthropology
  • Incas

Place

Peru

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