Page 79 of the Curiosity CLXXV catalogue.

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Division of Clinical Anatomy and Biological Anthropology See all items with this value

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Description

"Created by Felix von Luschan, an Austrian doctor, anthropologist, explorer, archaeologist and ethnographer in the early 20th century, the chart, known as the Von Luschan chromatic scale (...) was used to classify skin colour and featured as a tool in race studies and anthropometry of the time. Forgotten by its current department staff and students, its presence draws attention to the role of medicine and science in the apartheid agenda and to the larger racist scientific practices of measuring and classifying human physical differences in the 19th and 20th centuries to produce a ‘typology of race’ (Sturken & Cartwright 2018: 351–352). To support such theories, object collections in scientific university departments worldwide also featured collections of human remains; tools for measuring the size and shape of skulls; and charts detailing various physiognomic features (Sturken & Cartwright 2018: 351 – 352)" (Liebenberg 2021: 122 - 125).

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Centre for Curating the Archive

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https://issuu.com/cca.uct/docs/curiosity_for_web

Creator

Pippa Skotnes See all items with this value

Fritha Langerman See all items with this value

Gwen van Embden See all items with this value

Date Created

2004

Source

Skotnes, P., Langerman, F. & Van Embden, G. 2004. Curiosity CLXXV: A paper cabinet. Cape Town: LLAREC Series in Visual History.

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Von Luschan See all items with this value

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archaeology See all items with this value

ethnography See all items with this value

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chart See all items with this value

typology See all items with this value

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skull See all items with this value

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human remains See all items with this value

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Text

Photo

Exhibition

Item sets

99_LBNNIN001

The Medicine Chest

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