MIT Museum

Major collection: Holography
Named collection: Holography Collection
Object type: hologram
Maker: unknown
Date made: circa 1976
Materials: white light transmission; film
Measurements: 5 in x 6 in
Nomenclature: miscellaneous
Classification: holograms

Head and shoulders of classical Greek male sculpture (Praxiteles' Hermes?), gazing to left; adhered to a piece of black plastic; originally a transmission hologram, by adhering it to the black plastic, it is viewed as a reflection hologram.

Please note that due to the unique challenges of holography as a medium, high-resolution digital images are not available for most items in the holography collection. Please contact us for more information on reproducing images of holograms.
MOH-1976.23.02