Nov. 5, 2009

Jerry Conlogue

Images taken by Jerry Conlogue, executive co-director of the Bioanthropology Research Institute, are on display as part of "Shake It: An Instant History of the Polaroid," a Polaroid retrospective at the Pump House Gallery in London. The exhibit runs from Oct. 6-Dec. 13.

Conlogue, professor of diagnostic imaging in the School of Health Sciences, captured the images while doing field research in Peru. He has two pieces in the show.

The first, which includes a photograph and two X-rays using Polaroid type 53 film, features a penguin-shaped cup buried about 500 years ago with a child from the Chiribaya culture along the south coast of Peru.

The second piece consists of two X-rays on the same type of Polaroid film. The X-rays are images of mandibles of children from the Moche culture on the north coast of Peru.

Conlogue said the cup is considered unusual because of the penguin design. Items buried with individuals from this culture tended to be more utilitarian.

The jaw X-rays were taken to determine the age of the individual at the time of death. Standardized charts depicting the stages of child tooth development are used to match the X-rays to ages indicated on the charts, Conlogue said.

Penguin cup	Penguin cup X-ray	Jaw X-rays