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XVIII.26 Model of face presentation
Author: unknown
Place:Florence
Date:1770-1775
Materials:terracotta
Dimensions:260x330x45 mm
Current inventory:Dep. OSMN, Firenze
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This terracotta model, commissioned by Giuseppe Galletti, describes a face presentation with the fetus in anterior position. For birth to occur in this presentation, the chin must rotate under the pubis.

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