Dissonant Legacies: Engaging with Difficult University Heritage

Foetus skeleton

Item

Title
Foetus skeleton
Description
The "foetus" skeleton - overlaid with an illustration. The so-called "foetus skeleton" was bought by the Freie Universität Berlin from the company SOMSO in the 1970s. But at what, or rather at whose cost?
Format
Aproximately 45cm height x 20 cm width at base
Place
Zoological Collection of Freie Universität Berlin
Alternative Title
"Fetal skeleton", overlaid with an illustration
Rights Holder
Freie Universität Berlin (illustration: Vanessa Hava Schulmann)
Temporal Coverage
1970s (illustration from 2025)
Item sets
Dissonant Heritage