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...artifacts’ rarity and age make them valuable to scholars in many fields, and this exhibit, along with the recently released book Arts of Diplomacy, is the culmination of six years of collaborative research among scientists, curators, art historians, American Indians, and graphic designers both at Harvard and throughout the United States...
Instead of concentrating on the ecological aspects of the expedition, the Peabody exhibit focuses on the important diplomatic relationship between the explorers and the natives...
Another highlight of the exhibit is an elaborately decorated woman’s dress, which reveals the international nature of trade at the time. The dress is appliquéd with English brass buttons, cowry shells from the Pacific, brilliantly blue Italian glass beads, and colorfully dyed porcupine quills...
...back of the exhibit contains artwork by contemporary American Indians artists in the same media as the artifacts, providing an interesting comparison between objects separated by two hundred years of American history...
Kirsten Weiss, 2003-2005 Michalke Curatorial Intern, gives a talk to accompany the exhibit commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the Busch-Reisinger Museum. Busch-Reisinger Museum, 2 p.m. Free...