Field Museum 

 of Natural History 

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Field Museum of Natural History 



Founded 1893 



President: Willard L. Boyd 



Editor/ Designer: David M. Walsten 

 Production Liaison: Pamela Stearns 

 Staff Photographer: Ron Testa 



Board of Trustees 



Richard M. Jones 



Chairman 

 Mrs. T. Stanton Armour 

 George R. Baker 

 Robert O. Bass 

 Gordon Bent 

 Mrs. Philip D. Block III 

 Willard L. Boyd 

 Henry T. Chandler 

 Worley H. Clark 

 Frank W. Considine 

 Stanton R. Cook 

 William R. Dickinson, Jr. 

 Thomas E. Donnelley II 

 Thomas J. Eyerman 

 Marshall Field 

 Ronald J. Gidwitz 

 Clarence E. Johnson 

 John James Kinsella 

 Hugo J. Melvoin 

 Leo F. Mullin 

 Earl L. Neal 

 James J. O'Connor, 

 Robert A. Pritzker 

 James H. Ransom 

 John S. Runnells 

 Patrick G. Ryan 

 William L. Searle 

 Robert H. Slrotz 

 Mrs. Theodore D. Tieken 

 E. Leland Webber 

 Blaine J. Yarrington 



Life Trustees 



Harry O. Bercher 

 Bowen Blair 

 Mrs. Edwin J. DeCosta 

 Clifford C.Gregg 

 William V. Kahler 

 William H. Mitchell 

 Edward Byron Smith 

 John W. Sullivan 

 J. Howard Wood 



CONTENTS 



March 1986 

 Volume 57, Number 3 



March Events at Field Museum 



Pathways in the Maori World 



by Anne Salmond 



Anthropology: The Human Experience 21 



by Donald McVicker and Nancy Evans 



The Piping Plover: A Newcomer to the 



Endangered Species List 24 



by William J. Beecher 



Field Museum Tours 



26 



COVER 



Mask from gateway of a pa, or fortified Maori village, in New Zea- 

 land, 64 cm. (25'A in.) high, was made by the Ngati Manawa tribe 

 during the Te Huringa I period (1800 - present), and is in the collec- 

 tion of the Otago Museum, Dunedin, New Zealand. It may be seen 

 at Field Museum from March 8 through June 8 (members' preview 

 March 7) among 173 artifacts in the exhibit "Te Maori: Maori Art 

 from New Zealand Collections. " The exhibition was organized by 

 the American Federation of Arts in association with the New Zea- 

 land government, the Maori people, and the New Zealand lending 

 museums. Made possible by a grant from Mobil. Supported by the 

 National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the 

 Humanities, an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts 

 and Humanities, Air New Zealand, and the National Patrons of 

 the American Federation of Arts. For related events see pages 3-5. 

 Photo by Athol McCredie. 



Halley Hot Line 



A new Comet Halley Hot Line, to keep fans of the return- 

 ing comet on top of its whereabouts, went into service 

 on December 15. 



The new high-volume commercial service allows 

 several thousand callers at the same time to hear a re- 

 corded message about the comet. The information is 

 provided by the United States Naval Observatory in 

 Washington. 



For people anywhere in the United States, Canada, 

 Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, calls to the telephone 

 number, (900) 410-8766, cost 50 cents for the first min- 

 ute and 35 cents a minute after that. 



The recorded messages will be updated regularly, 

 talking about the whereabouts of the comet — making its 

 first return visit since 1910 — and telling callers how to 

 locate it in the night sky. The hotline is expected to re- 

 main in service until April 15. 



Maori Catalog at Museum Store 



The exhibit catalog, Te Maori: Maori Art from New 

 Zealand Collections, published 1984 by Harry N. 

 Abrams Inc. in association with the American 

 Federation of Arts, is available at the Field 

 Museum Store at $35.00 for the hardbound and 

 $17.50 for the paperbound edition (10% discount 

 for Members). The 8V2 x II book has 244 pages, 

 60 color plates and numerous halftones as well 

 as maps. 



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