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CONTENTS 



December 1986 

 Volume 57, Number 11 



THE TREASURES BALL, sponsored on November 7 by the Women's Board of 

 Field Museum, put the spotlight on a group of specimens selected from the 

 collections of the scientific departments and the library. Chosen for their 

 beauty, scientific or historic interest, the specimens were on view in the 

 South Lounge for just that special occasion. Several of those exceptional 

 pieces are now on extended "exhibit" by being featured on the pages of this 

 calendar issue. The cover photo, drawing other pieces from the collections, 

 expresses the treasures theme in a symbolic sense: a leather Chinese chest, 

 itself a treasure, overflows with an eye-dazzling variety of artifacts. The 

 interesting concept was the original work of Field Museum Photographer 

 Diane Alexander White and Photo Researcher Nina Cummings. Staff 

 members Dorothy Eatough, Christine Gross, Cap Sease, Ron Testa, and 

 Ben Williams and Volunteer Carolyn Moore were also helpful in the enter- 

 prise. Senior Scientific Illustrator Zbigniew Jastrzebski made the drawing 

 below. Cover photo by Diane Alexander White. GN84567c. 



Photo key: A: quartz crystal from Switzerland, gift of H.N. Higin- 

 botham, H1316; B: Vancouver Island (Canada) mask, 19196; C: marble 

 head, Roman, gift of S.L. James, 26756; D: marble child's hand, Ionian, 

 27470; E: wood male figure, Yoruba, Nigeria, gift of Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey 

 Hammer, 83058; F: painted clay vessel of head, face, and headdress, Chim- 

 bote, Peru, 100076; G: silver charm-box, Tibet, 123581; H: necklace of 

 amber, coral, and turquoise, Tibet, 123738; I: belt with silver buckles inlaid 

 with turquoise or coral, Tibet, 123765; J: silver earring with turquoise 

 mosaic, Tibet, 123772; K: silver charm-box with turquoise mosaic, Tibet, 

 123824; L: button ornament of gilded metal, frame of inlaid kingfisher 

 feathers around oval rose glass cabochon, Chekiang province, China, 

 232730; M: ivory vase with cover, China, gift of Louise L. Valentine, 

 233350; N: lime box of brass, silver, and copper, Tibet, gift of Mrs. A.W.F. 

 Fuller, 235047; O: faience object, Egypt, Ptolemaic, 238423; P: royal 

 ushebti (grave figurine), sandstone, Egypt, 238442; Q: hairpin of silver gilt, 

 kingfisher feathers, imitation pearls and probably quartz, China, 254268; 

 R: carved figure, Japan, 257520; S: silver and mosaic bracelet, Navajo, 

 Arizona, gift of May W. Bloom Collection, 284181; T: girdle ornament of 

 lapis lazuli, China, 126599; U: amber girdle pendant, China, 126601; V: 

 girdle pendant of pink tourmaline, China, 126621; W (on box lid): gold 

 ring, probably bracelet or armlet, Colombia, 1 53079; W (hanging from lid): 

 gold ring, probably bracelet or armlet, Colombia, 153081; X: leather box, 

 China, 253851; Y: silver necklace, Navajo, Arizona, gift of Mrs. R. F. 

 Howe, estate of Mrs. Jane Warder Hodgeson, 83979; Z: The Florist, Fruitist, 

 and Garden Miscellany, London, 1856, plates 119 and 120, from Mary W. 

 Runnells Rare Book Room. 



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