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Archaeology
CURRENT

Museums

EXHIBITIONS

8000years of Cypriotcultureincluding The CharlotteNatureMuseum,Charlotte,
NC:
bronzes,ceramics,gold,silver,terracottas "TheFirstCarolinians"
June1977),
(through
is available.
andstonesculpture.
oftheculexhibits
320artifacts
Catalogue
representative
Indianwith
turaltraditions
of the American
NY:"TheMark
TheBrooklyn
Museum,
Brooklyn,
MD:"The
cultures
of
ontheprehistoric
Collection
ofAn- The WaltersArtGallery,Baltimore,
ofAncient
Man:TheGorelick
specialemphasis
7,
area.
theCarolina
Piedmont
cientNearEastern
StampSealsandCylinder AnimalFair"(September27-November
morethan1500worksofartin
1976)includes
Seals"(throughDecember1976),includes
of Miami,
Coral
as thesubjectmat- LoweArtMuseum,University
allmediashowing
animals
morethan130sealsfromthe middleofthe
Art"
Pre-Columbian
Gables,FL:"Peruvian
on sculpture
and arter and as decoration
fourthmillennium
b.c.totheendoftheSasa25, 1976-January
9, 1977),con(November
will
like
a
The
exhibit
be
tifacts.
zoo,
arranged
A
nianperiodintheseventh
a.D.
century group
sistsofPrecolumbian
fabricsand
gold,silver,
from
witheachanimal
putwithhiscounterparts
of seals fromAssyria,Cyprus,Egyptand
andcollecpotterygatheredfrommuseums
will
animals
be
other
civilizations.
Mythological
beenaddedtothe
haverecently
Mesopotamia
torsintheUnited
StatesandLatinAmerica.
theartofGreece,Romeand
illustrated
through
exhibit.
the MiddleAges.Otherexamplesinclude TheUniversity
ArtGallery,
of Alabama
UniverEgypJapanesescrollswithbirddecoration,
TheJewishMuseum,
NY:"TheBook
NewYork,
sity, AL: "Art of the AlabamaIndian"
bronzes.
and
Roman
tian
ivoryfigurines,
andthe Bible"
andtheSpade:Archaeology
ceramic
andstone
includes
(November
1976),
artifacts
from
Moundville
and
across
thestate.
1977),includesmorethan100ar- Worcester
(through
MA:
"African
ArtMuseum,
Worcester,
tifacts from the Holy Land, Egypt,
is
available.
Catalogue
Art"(November
2, 1977),in5, 1976-January
and Persia,as wellas charts,
Mesopotamia
cludesnearly200piecesofAfrican
sculpture
whichcover
maps,modelsandphotographs
WEST
Orwhichhaveneverbeenshownpublicly.
2000yearsofBiblical
history.
Artin
of African
by the Museum
ganization
ofSanFrancisco,
TheAvery
D.C.,paintedand decorated AsianArtMuseum
Washington,
NY:
ofArt,NewYork,
TheMetropolitan
Museum
SanFrancisco,
CA:"A
Collection,
Brundage
in
and
leather
masks
wood
wood,
sculptures,
CollecArt:TheNorbert
Schimmel
"Ancient
DecadeofCollecting"
15,1976(November
stones,musicalinstruterracotta,
sculptured
280
tion"(through
January9, 1977),displays
March1,1977)displays
morethan280Asian
the
ments,andAfrican
represent
goldweights
Classical,Egyptianand NearEasternanworksof art including
ceramics
and porcetribal
of
over
rich
cultural
forty
background
isavailable.
tiquities.
Catalogue
bronze
lains,
and
stone
paintings,
of
Africa.
sculpture,
from
the
areas
collected
major
styles
PhaseI"(October
Reinstallation
16,
"Egyptian
jadesandlacquerpieces,manyofwhichare
isavailable.
Catalogue
theopeningof
1976,permanent)
represents
forthefirsttime.China,
beingexhibited
Japan,
the firstof 13 gallerieswhichwillholdthe
Korea,India,andIran,amongothercountries,
MIDWEST
Museum's
art
approxiEgyptian collection,
willbe represented.
is available.
Catalogue
of whichhas neverbeen
matelyone-third
in The HeardMuseum,Phoenix,AZ:"Ancient
OH:"Studies
Dayton,
seen.ThisphasecoversPalaeolithic
Egypt TheDaytonArtInstitute,
ChinesePaintings
fromthe
Connoisseurship:
1991
theEleventh
Ecuador"(December
(300,000Dynasty
through
11, 1976-January
25,
Arthur
M.
Sackler
Collection"
16,(October
of
facand
includes
-a
collection
b.c.)
unique
exhibitsceramicsof the Valdivia,
1977)
November
focuses
on
the
master21,1
976),
simile
tombpainting
ofall
Machalilla
copiesofEgyptian
andChorrera
whicharethe
periods
piecesfromthe14thtothe20thcentury,
espeformative
of the oldestknownSouth
periods.
stages
the
art
of
a
monk
of
the
Tao-chi,
cially
painter
American
culture.
Theshowisorganized
and
late17thcentury.
Museumof FineArts,Boston,MA:"Hanand
circulated
ofNatural
HisbytheFieldMuseum
22,
T'angMurals"(October6-November
PublicMuseum,
Wl:"Mil- tory,Chicago.
Milwaukee,
1976),shownforthefirsttimeintheWestern Milwaukee
waukee
Public
Museum
1975
to Los AngelesCountyMuseumof Art, Los
Expedition
consistsofmorethan140colorcopies
world,
Syria"(through
February1977),consistsof
Angeles,CA:"AfricanIvories"(through
in ten tombs
of Chinesemuralsdiscovered
fromthe1975expedition November
photosandartifacts
14,1976),includesivoryobjects
datefrom
duringthelast25years.Themurals
toTellHadidi,anancientvillage
whichmarks
fromNigeria
andZaire,forexample,
masks,
the firstcenturythroughthe eighthcentury
the siteof a seriesof citiesthatdate back
and side-blown
figurines,
jewelry,
trumpets
afterChrist,
andrepresent
theworkofmodern
of the Kongo,Lega,Luba,
representative
Chinese
artistswhoassistedthearchaeologi- nearly5,000years.
aswellasthe
Pende,Songye
peoplesófZaire,
andcopycalservicesinChinainpreserving
TheMuseumof Artand Archaeology,
UniverYorubaand Cameroon
Nigerian
grasslands
ing the importantwalltomb paintings.
MO:"Ancient
Art
sityof Missouri-Columbia,
peoples.Onespecialobjectis a full-sized
isavailable.
Catalogue
of the OldWorld"(November12, 1976carvedtuskfromBenin.
exhibi1977),isa comprehensive
TheNewarkMuseum,Newark,
NJ:"Treasures November
Hilo,HI:"MiMuseum,
tionwhichincludes
material
fromIrantoSpain LymanHouseMemorial
fromthe IslamicCollection"
(October16cronesian
Artifacts"
a collection
of
(fall
1976),
and
from
the
Palaeolithic
to
the
Late
Classical
March
theOriental
15,1977),
reopens
galleries
canoemodels,
baskets,
shells,wood
clothing,
witha displayof Islamicrugsand textiles, periods.
usedby iscarvingsandvariousornaments
metal
ceramics,
work,armorandjewelry.
landpeoples.
SOUTH
Smithsonian
InstitutionNationalMuseumof
StovalMuseumof Scienceand History,The
NaturalHistory,
undertheauspicesofSmith- Birmingham
Museumof Art,Birmingham,
AL:
of Oklahoma,
OK:Our
Norman,
University
sonianInstitution
"Classical
Exhibition
March1977),
Service,
Past: Oklahomaand the World"(August
Sculpture"
Traveling
(through
onloanfromtheBostonMuseum
DC:"Treasuresof Cyprus"
ofFineArts,
centersaroundthe deWashington,
1976-permanent)
includes31 noteworthy
Greek,Romanand
of culturesin Oklahoma
(November
1976-January
1977),consists
overthe
velopment
ofarchaeological
material
is available.
sculptures.
primarily
reflecting Egyptian
Catalogue
past30,000years.
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