A.M.M. 247 Sect. VI.
(Inca Eyes)
Crystalline lens of eyes of Cuttle fish, probably a species of octopus, used by the ancient Peruvians as artificial eyes for the Embalmed dead.
Recd. Mch 17, 1886.
Presented by Asst. Surg.
Washington Matthews, U.S.A.
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Accession of the day, March 17
Accompanied by an article from Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly, April 1886 entitled Inca Eyes, from which this illustration was extracted:
A.M.M. 247 Sect. VI.
(Inca Eyes)
Crystalline lens of eyes of Cuttle fish, probably a species of octopus, used by the ancient Peruvians as artificial eyes for the Embalmed dead.
Recd. Mch 17, 1886.
Presented by Asst. Surg.
Washington Matthews, U.S.A.
A.M.M. 247 Sect. VI.
(Inca Eyes)
Crystalline lens of eyes of Cuttle fish, probably a species of octopus, used by the ancient Peruvians as artificial eyes for the Embalmed dead.
Recd. Mch 17, 1886.
Presented by Asst. Surg.
Washington Matthews, U.S.A.
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