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Collection
Overview:
The
permanent research collection of the Department of Anthropology
comprises approximately 16,000 objects, most of which are
ethnographic. The Department actively collects material
of the indigenous cultures of western North America (exclusive
of Mexico) and of the Pacific Rim, including all Pacific
islands and East Asia. Current strengths of the collection
are holdings from the U.S. Southwest and the Pacific Islands,
and basketry from California. Earlier years of collecting
have yielded both ethnographic and archaeological materials
from East Africa, the Middle East, Europe, and Central and
South America.
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