Word: museume
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...German Romantic Literature," Professor Burkhard, Germanic Museum...
...Medieval Flemish Painting," Professor Edgell, New Fogg Museum...
...Fogg Museum there is a unique exhibition of paintings done by the modern American Indian and lent by Miss M. C. Wheelwright, Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., and Miss A. E. White. Most of the pictures come from the region around Santa Fe. There has been an attempt to have the Indian develop a distinct art of his own, based on the design and color of the older traditions. Most of these paintings portray various ceremonies of peace and war. However, many of the war dances are in reality peace dances performed in a religious spirit to celebrate the close...
...addition to the Indian pictures, in the same room, there is a case of mortuary pottery, lent by the Peabody Museum. This pottery is prehistoric, having been discovered by the Mimbres Expedition sent out by the Peabody Museum from 1924 to 1927. These pieces were buried with the Indian. In each case a hole was knocked out of the bottom of the bowl, thus accounting for the popular term "killed pottery". In several examples the pieces have been found and reset in the bowl. This is the first time that any of the Mimbres Expedition pottery has been exhibited...
...Rude," Professor Post, Old Fogg Museum...