Accession No

6401

Brief Description

wax model of cartilaginous cranium of Rana temporaria (common frog), by Adolf Ziegler, German, c. 1881

Origin

Germany; Freiburg im Breisgau

Maker

Ziegler, Adolf

Class

biology; demonstration

Earliest Date

1881

Latest Date

1914

Inscription Date

Material

wax; metal; paper (paper, cardboard); cork; wood

Dimensions

box: length 313mm; height 70mm; width 346mm

Special Collection

Ziegler collection

Provenance

Transferred from the Museum of Zoology, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, 08/09/2009. Purchased by the Department of Zoology from Ziegler of Freiburg in Breisgau, c. 1882-1890.

Inscription

‘Primordialschädel.’ (paper label in box)
‘Knorpelcranium
von
Rana temporaria.’ (paper label in box)
‘3’ (label)

Description Notes

Development of the primordial skull, no. 3.
Wax model of the primordial skull. Number 3 of a series of 5 models. Depicts the cartilaginous skull of Rana temporaria .
Model is wax mounted on metal on a wooden handle. In a fitted cardboard box with cork and card rest. The model is in a box with numbers 4 and 5 of the set.
Originally modelled by Ziegler.Adolf after the plates of Stöhr.Philipp.

Condition: fair (cracks); complete.

References

Henry Schmidt; 'Ziegler's Wax Models'; Explore Whipple Collections online article; Whipple Museum of the History of Science; University of Cambridge: https://www.whipplemuseum.cam.ac.uk/explore-whipple-collections/frogs/zieglers-wax-models

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