# Plaster bust (death cast) of the Somerton Man, with hair embedded

> Plaster bust (death cast) of the Somerton Man, with hair embedded

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**ART** 0CVC2A8473XZ·Artifact · object

# Plaster bust (death cast) of the Somerton Man, with hair embedded

PhotographPublic domainMade by Paul Lawson, 1949

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South Australia Police, 1949. Public domain

## Copies 5

**Picture** South Australia Police · commons.wikimedia.org · Public domain (Australian Crown copyright expired, PD-AustraliaGov)1 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SomertonMan.jpg)

**Photo** South Australia Police · commons.wikimedia.org · 1949 · Public domain (Australian Crown copyright expired, PD-AustraliaGov)1 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SomertonMan.jpg)[Download](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/d/0d6a7ccd5469a605b1522aad0d50851d1d96da82f2a84a5dca0aa150f2685666)

**Photograph** Australian police · commons.wikimedia.org · Public domain1 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SomertonManBurial.jpg)

**Photograph** Australian police. File originally uploaded on English Wikipedia in January 11, · commons.wikimedia.org · Public domain1 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SomertonManCode.jpg)

**Photograph** Solusinaeternum · commons.wikimedia.org · Public domain1 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:TamamShud-Verse46Similarities.jpg)

## Where it was made

[Adelaide, South Australia](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0CVC1T4G1Y8M/adelaide-south-australia) · City

## Sources 2

- [Somerton Man](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CVC1S587WM4/somerton-man)_SRC_
- [The Somerton Man Identified](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CVC1PYY2H6E/the-somerton-man-identified)_SRC_

## Cite it

```
Mysteries Department. (2026). Plaster bust (death cast) of the Somerton Man, with hair embedded [Artifact ART0CVC2A8473XZ]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0CVC2A8473XZ
```

Key

**ART** 0CVC2A8473XZ

Kind

Object

Held by

South Australia Police Historical Society

Dated

made by Paul Lawson, 1949; hair sampled from 2011

Licence

Public domain (Australian Crown copyright expired, PD-AustraliaGov)

Place

[Adelaide, South Australia](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0CVC1T4G1Y8M/adelaide-south-australia)

Part of

[Somerton Man (Tamam Shud)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/somerton-man)

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