A journey through the Penn Museum's archival film collection
In short: Step into the mid-20th century to explore a curated selection of global artifacts, from Alaskan ceremonial masks to ancient Mesopotamian deities.
This archival footage, dating to approximately 1952, showcases diverse cultural treasures held by the Penn Museum. The film presents objects spanning millennia, including a 6th century BC Neo-Babylonian goddess head from southern Iraq and a 15th century AD Aztec god carved from volcanic rock in Mexico.
The collection also features unique specimens such as a Siberian headpiece crafted from mammoth ivory and reindeer antler, and a wooden half-man mask from the lower Yukon Valley in Alaska, collected in 1935.
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- Summary by Intellect · source: "What in the World?" #5 (1952 circa)
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