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Z Zeta Member Atlantis/Basque Country/Spain/Mexico Joined: Feb 13, 2007 Posts: 2105	Z Zeta Posted posted on Tue, Jun 8, 2010 9:41 AM On 2010-06-08 09:35, Zeta wrote: From the Moana Exhibit in Mexico City currently on display: Collection Exhibited Lunes, 03 de Mayo de 2010 20:09 More than half of the pieces exhibited are part of the Oceanic Collection of the National Museum of Cultures (MNC), mostly integrated as a result of an important exchange with Field Museum in Chicago, negotiated by Miguel Covarrubias and the director of INAH, Daniel de la Borbolla, in 1951. Oceanic items safeguarded at MNC are known as “South Seas Collection” and hold incredible curatorial and anthropological value. Moana: Cultures of the Pacific Islands displays 150 objects from the National Museum of Cultures halls and warehouse, as well as 124 items part of Field Museum collections. Pieces from the de Young and Peabody Essex Museums are also exhibited. Postcard now available [ Edited by: Zeta 2010-06-08 10:35 ]

On 2010-06-08 09:35, Zeta wrote:
From the Moana Exhibit in Mexico City currently on display:

Collection Exhibited
Lunes, 03 de Mayo de 2010 20:09

More than half of the pieces exhibited are part of the Oceanic Collection of the National Museum of Cultures (MNC), mostly integrated as a result of an important exchange with Field Museum in Chicago, negotiated by Miguel Covarrubias and the director of INAH, Daniel de la Borbolla, in 1951.

Oceanic items safeguarded at MNC are known as “South Seas Collection” and hold incredible curatorial and anthropological value.

Moana: Cultures of the Pacific Islands displays 150 objects from the National Museum of Cultures halls and warehouse, as well as 124 items part of Field Museum collections. Pieces from the de Young and Peabody Essex Museums are also exhibited.

Postcard now available

[ Edited by: Zeta 2010-06-08 10:35 ]

Post #534951 by Zeta on Tue, Jun 8, 2010 9:41 AM