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Piece of Human Skin tatooed

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

November 19, 1808

Primary Source Reference:

Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 37

Additional Source Text:

"This curious Memorial of Conjugal Affection was made by a Frenchman on his Arm in the Year 1800."

Notes:

The donor may have Nathaniel Stout Allison (1786-1817), who received his M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1810.