Objects

Viewing Record 16 of 16
Previous Record  
Switch Views: Lightbox | Image List | List

Welcome to the archived version of the MIT Museum's online collections portal! This site was used to test features and content for the newly redesigned MIT Museum Collections site, which has now launched with over 106,000 objects. Please use the new MIT Museum Collections site for further research and discovery. Webmuseum.mit.edu remains online during the transition period but will not receive new updates or content.

Brains and Skulls [Photopolymer Mass-Produced Holograms]

Major collection: Holography
Named collection: Holography Collection
Object type: hologram
Maker: Polaroid Corporation
Date made: 1991
Materials: reflection hologram; film (photopolymer)
Measurements: 10 1/2 in x 15 1/2 in
Nomenclature: commercial
Classification: holograms

Plastic sheet to which is adhered 12 identical photopolymer holograms, in 4 horizontal rows of 3 holograms each. Each hologram shows a greenish-gold image of a human skull in profile, with one of 2 images set within the skull, depending on the angle of light: either the human brain, or the muscle groups of the skull and face. Framed.


Used on the cover of the 3rd issue "Holography Marketplace" in July of 1991. 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-1993.47.116.03

Related Exhibitions

View