Events 



Lecture Series 



Saturday, March 8, 2:30pm 



James Simpson Theatre 



"Tribal Arts as Symbols of New Zealand 



Identity" 



Sidney Moko Mead, professor of Maori, 



Victoria University at Wellington, 



New Zealand 



Saturday, March 15, 2:30pm 



James Simpson Theatre 



"The Polynesian Perspective: Pacific Origins 



and Migrations" 



John E. Terrell, curator, Oceanic Archaeology 



and Ethnology, Field Museum 



Saturday, March 22, 2:30pm 



James Simpson Theatre 



"Maori Art in Pacific History" 



Douglas Newton, chairman, Department of 



Primitive Art, The Metropolitan Museum 



of Art 



Tickets 



Individual Lectures: $5.00 (Members: $3.00) 



Series of Three Lectures: $11.00 (Members: $7.00) 



Fees are nonrefundable. Please use coupon to order 

 tickets. Seating is general admission. 



Family Feature 



The Face of Te Maori 



Saturday and Sunday, March 15 and 16 

 l:00-3:00pm 



The Maori People of New Zealand call their tradi- 

 tional tattooing moko. These decorations were 

 made of intricate, swirling patterns of curves and 

 spirals. Look at some Maori tattoos and design 

 your own. Take your drawing home or paint it on 

 your face right here at Field Museum. 



Field Museum's public programs are funded, in 

 part, by a grant from the National Endowment for 

 the Humanities, a federal agency. 



Performance 



"An Evening of Maori Song, Dance, 

 and Drama" 



Saturday, March 8, 8:00pm 

 James Simpson Theatre 



Over the past 1,000 years, the Maori tribes of new 

 Zealand have developed a rich island culture. 

 Spend an evening with our Maori visitors explor- 

 ing the traditions of the Maori people through 

 myth and legends. Dressed in their native puipui 

 shirts and using the poi, balls twirling on string, 

 members of the Maori Cultural Group present dra- 

 matizations of their past, sing traditional songs of 

 greeting, love and lament, and dance the haka, a 

 Maori dance. Dr. Peter Sharpies concludes the pro- 

 gram with a dramatic reading, "I Am a Maori," 

 accompanied by slides. 



Tickets: $7.00 (Members: $5.00) 

 Fees are nonrefundable. Please use coupon to order 

 tickets. Seating is general admission. Theatre doors 

 open one hour prior to the performance. 



Public Programs Information: (312) 322-8854. 



Film Program 



Saturday and Sunday 



March 22 and 23, 1:30pm 



"Children of the Mist" 30 min. 



A brief history of the Tuhoe Tribe of New Zealand 



is followed by a depiction of the life and problems 



of this contemporary, rural Maori tribe that has 



migrated to an urban area. 



Film programs are free with museum admission. 

 Tickets are not required. 



