Vintage large plaster anatomical model heart They are woven by women

They are woven by women and given to young men after their initiation and are worn on the chest or sometimes on the back and even occasionally held in the teeth

The skull length is 110mm

It might have also been believed that the presence of these mummified animals also scared away rats and mice

Each poster is double sided

This one has split into two parts

Vintage large plaster anatomical model heart They are woven by womenLarge vintage plaster anatomical model of a heart. This came with a collection of items from a Russian medical school. It is a large plaster based model that measures 20cm tall and 14cm across. Part of the heart wall lifts off to expose the right atrium and both ventricles. This piece is held in place with a wire loop and eye. The exposed ventricles show the valves with associated muscles and even the chordae tendineae. As this has come from a medical