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Collection Management
March 02nd, 2011
The Museum’s ethnographic materials from Polynesia number nearly 8,000 objects and represent almost every island group in the region.
February 23rd, 2011
References with respect to Carl Schuster's biography, bibliography, and studies on his collection at The Field Museum
February 23rd, 2011
Over his lifetime, Carl Schuster amassed one of the largest collections of early 20th century Chinese folk textiles in the world. As an embroidery collection, it is exceptionally well documented. In many cases, we know who made the objects, as well as when, where, and why. This is thanks to his vast body of research in which he established himself as a foremost scholar in the fields of Folklore and Symbolism.
February 23rd, 2011
The Carl Schuster collection of Chinese textiles is unique and by far the largest and most exclusive collection of early 20th century Chinese folk embroidery in the world. As an embroidery collection, it is exceptionally well documented.
February 22nd, 2011
You can't tell a good display case just by looking.
February 17th, 2011
For more than 1,500 years rubbings have been a vital medium for preserving China's art, culture, and history. These beautiful works are made by pressing thin sheets of wet paper into carvings or inscriptions cut in stone or other hard materials and carefully inking the surface to create a copy of the original.
February 15th, 2011
Our collection of clays and other ceramic raw materials from the Sepik coast of northern Papua New Guinea helps us understand the history of potting and exchange networks in the western Pacific.
January 26th, 2011
Berthold Laufer (1874-1934), curator of Asian Anthropology from 1908 to 1934, was a pioneer in the study of Asian cultures. During his tenure at The Field Museum he made significant contributions to the collections of both Anthropology and the Library.
January 17th, 2011
The Field Museum has a collection of about 80 Javanese Masks from the World's Columbian Exposition 1893. The masks were worn by actors in traditional dance dramas known in the Indonesian language as wayang topeng.
January 17th, 2011
In addition to the generous donation to The Field Museum of the artifacts in the collection, the Boone family also donated money to finance student internships each year: the Boone Scholars Internships for East Asian Studies.