Midland Skull

ID: SIA2009-0987 and MNH-1025

Creator: Unknown

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: 1962

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 95 Box 44A Folder 10

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Summary

The Midland skull, which was found in southwestern Texas in 1953, is on display in the National Museum of Natural History's North American Archeology Exhibit which opened in November 1962. The skull was identified as that of a long-headed female about 30 years old and is probably more than 10,000 years old.

Subject

National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 95 Box 44A Folder 10

Contact information

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

Date

1962

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Archaeology
  • Historians
  • Exhibitions
  • Bones
  • Exhibit openings
  • Anthropology
  • Skulls
  • Midland (Texas)
  • Indians of North America
  • Anthropology, Prehistoric
  • Paleo-Indians

Place

  • United States
  • North America

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Exhibit

ID Number

SIA2009-0987 and MNH-1025

Physical description

Color: Black and White; Size: 8w x 10h; Type of Image: Exhibit; Medium: Photographic print

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