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  The Field Museum stands as a world-class institution with a permanent collection of well over one million anthropological objects. Since 1999, The Museum's Department of Anthropology has conducted ten major surveys of its priceless artifact collections with funding generously provided by the Museum Loan Network.These surveys have focused on various collections from a wide geographic area. In the past, surveys have included our Classical (i.e. Greek, Roman, and Etruscan) collection, Yoruba material culture from Nigeria, our general ethnographic collection from Southern Africa, the J. Eric S. Thompson collection of archaeological and ethnographic Mayan materials from Central America and our collection of material culture from Vanuatu in the South Pacific. More recently we have surveyed our collection of Musical Instruments from the Pacific, the Starr Collection of archaeological material from Tlacotepec, Mexico, and Lower Central America, which includes artifacts from Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Panama. About the Museum Loan Network .jpg) Taken individually, each of these collections, and their attendant surveys, focuses on only a tiny portion of The Field Museum's entire Anthropology collection. Taken together, however, they constitute the fruits of the Museum's renewed efforts to make our Anthropology collection increasingly available and understandable to the public through exhibition.The brief texts presented below communicate the scholarly importance and some facts about these priceless collections. The photographs, all taken by Diane Alexander White, can only sample the range of artifact types and illustrate their aesthetic value and exhibition potential. The Department of Anthropology at The Field Museum takes great pride in collaborating with the Museum Loan Network on their many valuable programs. |
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Introduction | Yoruba | South Africa | Classical | Thompson | Vanuatu | Pacific Musical Instruments | Starr Collection | Lower Central America | Credits | Anthropology | Field Museum Home |
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