Homo sapiens
A lock of Beethoven's hair initially acquired by piano-maker and friend of Beethoven's, Nannette Streicher, on or before November 4th, 1820. On November 4th, 1820, the hairs were gifted by Streicher to the pianist Elise Müller, who was visiting Vienna with her father. Following Müller's acquisition of the hairs, their chain of custody is no longer complete. The hairs resurfaced in the collections of Swiss-born Beethoven collector, Hans Conrad Bodmer, when, upon his death in 1956, his entire collection was bequeathed to the Beethovenhaus-Bonn.
ENA first public
2024-09-28
External Id
SAMEA111408272
INSDC center name
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
INSDC last update
2022-09-28T15:10:29Z
INSDC status
public
Submitter Id
HEB004
collected_by
Nanette Streicher (1769-1833; née Stein)
common name
human
geographic location (country and/or sea)
Austria
sample name
HEB004
scientific_name
Homo sapiens
sex
male
tissue_type
Hair