Name/Title
"Bulletin No. 1: A Description of Desiccated Human Remains in the California State Mining Bureau"Entry/Object ID
2008.272.1.1Description
"Bulletin No. 1: A Description of Desiccated Human Remains in the California State Mining Bureau," Winslow Anderson (Sacramento: State Office, J. D. Young, Supt. State Printing,) 1888. The item discusses mummified human remains on exhibit at the Bureau's Ethnological Department. There is an analysis of the physiological characteristics, accompanied with photographs, of the remains of four persons, a man, woman, boy, and toddler girl, found in a cave in northern Mexico about 1887 or a little before. There are also essays on the assumed history of aboriginal people on the Pacific Coast. After the 41-page report there are many blank pages. The marbled boards are badly worn, the spine nearly gone, the binding very loose, pages 9-10 loose, but the remaining pages are clean. Still, the overall condition is poor.Lexicon
Search Terms
California. Department of Public Health. Bureau of Child Hygiene, United States. Department of Labor. Children's Bureau.