Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
October 1783
Primary Source Reference:
Du Simitière Memorandum Books, Library of Congress, fol. 71r
Notes:
The baculum (also penis bone, penile bone, or os penis, os genitale or os priapi) is a bone found in the penis of many placental mammals.
The donor, Maj. Augustine Prévost (1744-1821), was a British officer who remained in America following the Revolution; he had served under the command of his father Maj. Gen. Augustine Prévost (1723-1786).
Specimen Type:
Individual parts
