Black and white photograph of a woman in a floral dress with a large bird on her hand, and a small child smiling and standing at her side

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Cast of "Stela A" from Copan, Honduras. It is pictured here on display in the hall of Aboriginal Sculpture in the South Court at the Field Columbian Museum, c.1905. Collected by Edward H. Thompson, this stela cast was originally on exhibit in the Anthropological Building of the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893. © The Field Museum, CSA17054, Photographer Charles Carpenter.

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A composite of three photographs related to taxidermist Carl Akeley: Akeley standing near a leopard he killed, one scene from the "Four Seasons of the Deer" diorama, and a view of African elephants.

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A composite of three photographs related to taxidermist Carl Akeley: Akeley standing near a leopard he killed, one scene from the Four Seasons of the Deer diorama, and a view of African elephants.

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A cropped photo of the African Water Hole diorama, featuring a family of giraffe on the left, a rhinoceros in the bottom center, and several zebra on the right.

Photo Archives - Zoology Collection

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A composite image of four photos from past museum expeditions.

Photo Archives - Expedition Collection

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A low relief panel, or frieze, by Henry Hering depicting a winged female figure wearing a flowing gown and holding a globe with North and South American continents and a torch representing fire.

Photo Archives - Geology Collection

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Drama masks (topeng) from West and Central Java, Indonesia, c.1880. Used in a wayang topeng dance drama in the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition. About 80 such masks are in the collection of The Field Museum. Carved from soft wood and painted in traditional patterns and colors, they are among the oldest and most beautiful Indonesian masks in the United States.  GN91437_14d

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