Large Boxwood Okimono of a Human Skull
Object Name
Date
19th century
Medium
boxwood
Credit Line
The Thomson Collection at the Art Gallery of Ontario
Object Number
AGOID.107538
Location
AGO, Gallery 107 Thomson European, Centre Case, Shelf 2
Gallery Number
AGO, Gallery 107
Description
Unlike the early models of skulls this is an anatomically accurate rendering from a mesocephalic individual. The foramen magnum is the hole in the base of the skull through which, in life, would have passed the medulla oblongata. Without the mandible.
Signature, Inscriptions, and Markings
Signature
On base of bony process beside the foramen magnum: Masanori (Kawakita)