STANLEY FIELD HALL 
Occupying the Nave of the Building 
The exhibits in Stanley Field Hall are intended to con- 
vey an impression of the activities of the Museum as a whole 
and to serve as an introduction to the systematic collections 
assembled in the exhibition halls. 
In the center of the hah are two African Elephants 
mounted in fighting attitude. They were secured on a Museum 
expedition to British East Africa in 1906. 
Case 1. Prehistoric American gold ornaments from Co- 
lombia and Ecuador, South America. 
Case 2. Ancient Koman bronze bath-tub, fi*om Boscoreale, 
Italy. 
Case 3. Prehistoric races of man, illustrated by busts of 
the Pithecanthropus erectus, the Neanderthal man of La Cha- 
pelle-aux-Saints, and the Cro-Magnon man. 
Case 4. Synoptic exhibit of jade carvings from ancient 
Mexico, New Zealand, and China. 
Case 5. Marine Fauna. Various types of beautiful and 
characteristic marine animals, as sponges, precious corals, sea 
urchins, and shells. 
Case 6. Ancient bronze table and other bronze and glass 
objects from Boscoreale, Italy. 
Case 7. Select specimens of Chinese art, represented by 
ancient ceramics, bronze, ’and cloisonne enamel. 
Case 8. Gold and silver jewelry from India. 
Case 9. Amber and Amber-like Resins. This case, to- 
gether with two others in Hall 29, Department of Botany, 
contains the finest collection of amber-like resins known. 
Case 10. A large iron meteorite, weighing 3,275 lbs., which 
ranks eleventh in size among known meteorites. It was found 
in 1908 near Tonopah, Nevada. 
Case 11. Bronze castings and carvings of wood and ivory 
from Benin, Africa. 
Case 12. Plant Models and Reproductions. This case 
contains a few models showing details of plant form and 
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