Field Museum 



of Natural History 



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Published since 1930 by 



Field Museum of Natural History 



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CONTENTS 



February 1989 

 Volume 60, Number 2 



FEBRUARY EVENTS AT FIELD MUSEUM 3 



Editor/Designer: David M. Walsten 

 Production Liaison: Pamela Steams 

 Staff Photographer: Ron Testa 



Board of Trustees 



Robert A. Pritzker 



Chairman 

 Mrs. T. Stanton Armour 

 George R. Baker 

 Robert O. Bass 

 Gordon Bent 

 Mrs. Philip D. Block III 

 WillardL. Boyd, 



President 

 Robert D. Cadieux 

 Worley H. Clark 

 James W. Compton 

 Frank W. Considine 

 William R. Dickinson, Jr. 

 Thomas E. Donnelley 11 

 Thomas J. Eyerman 

 Marshall Field 

 Ronald J. Gidwitz 

 Clarence E. Johnson 

 Richard M. Jones 

 John James Kinsella 

 Robert D. Kolar 

 Hugo J. Melvoin 

 Leo F. Mullin 

 James J. O'Connor 



Mrs. James J. O'Connor 

 James H. Ransom 

 John S. Runnells 

 Patrick G. Ryan 

 William L. Searle 

 Robert H. Strot: 

 Mrs. Thetxlore D. Tieken 

 E. Leland Webber 

 Blaine J. Yarrington 



Life Trustees 



Harry O. Bercher 

 Bowen Blair 

 Stanton R. Cook 

 Mrs. Edwin J. DeCosta 

 Mrs. David W. Grainger 

 Clifford C. Gregg 

 Mrs. Robert S. Hartman 

 Edward Byron Smith 

 John W. Sullivan 



TRADITIONAL CRAFTS OF SAUDI ARABIA 



Continues through March 12 



USHABTIS: 



Tomb Figurines of Ancient Egypt 



By Frank J. Yurco, Consultant to "Inside Ancient Egypt" 



THE ANCIENT EGYPTIAN MARKETPLACE 



By Frank J. Yurco 



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TRACKING THE EXTING PYGMY HIPPOPOTAMUS OF CYPRUS 



By David S. Reese, Research Associate, Department of 

 Anthropology 22 



FIELD MUSEUM TOURS 30 



COVER 



View of temporary exhibit "Traditional Crafts of Saudi Arabia," 

 in Gallery 9 through March 12. See pages 4-6. 



Photo by Ron Testa and June Bartlett. 



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