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Articles for author Isabel Tovar: 15

2012 Interns have arrived!

Posted 06/07/2012 by Isabel Tovar | Comments
The DMNS Anthropology Collections staff is happy to welcome three collections interns which will be helping us during the summer. They are already hard at work rehousing and processing archaeological collections as well as completing research in response to tribal requests for information. …
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Prep for Upcoming Temporary Exhibit

Posted 05/03/2012 by Isabel Tovar | Comments
We are working on a new temporary exhibit for the Weckbaugh case just outside of the entrance to the Crane North American Indian Hall. Remember the story about how we brought a 25 foot totem pole into the building as part of a new accession in 2011? If not, check out the link here. Several pie…
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"Everything Was Carved" Lunchtime Lecture

Posted 04/23/2012 by Isabel Tovar | Comments
Please join the Adult Programs and Anthropology Departments in welcoming Vince Collison on Thursday, April 26th at noon for a special film screening and talk. Everything Was Carved, a film on the behind-the-scenes work at the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford with representatives of the Haida Natio…
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New Member Night October 27: Treasures From the Collections

Posted 10/24/2011 by Isabel Tovar | Comments
Any new members out there? Please join us from 6 - 9 PM this Thursday evening, October 27th, as the museum hosts a free New Member Night event. It is a wonderful opportunity to get a look at collections and projects that are happening behind-the-scenes. The Department of Anthropolo…
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Crane North American Indian Cultures Hall Reopened!

Posted 10/18/2011 by Isabel Tovar | Comments
You may have noticed that we have not posted an Object of the Month for October 2011. Instead, Anthropology staff has been diligently focusing on working with the construction teams installing fire detection and suppression systems in the Crane North American Indian Cultures Hall as well as in…
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8th Annual Indigenous Film & Arts Festival Screening

Posted 10/06/2011 by Isabel Tovar | Comments
The Department of Anthropology and the Native American Resource Group film committee is pleased to host the closing night of the 8th Annual Indigenous Film & Arts Festival. The featured film this year is Qapirangajuq: Inuit Knowledge and Climate Change. This is the first Inuktitut language…
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IMLS Latin American Textiles: Anthropology Objects of the Month for September 2011

Posted 09/08/2011 by Isabel Tovar | Comments
This month we'll be giving you more than just one Object of the Month. This September we are happy to share 16 different images of objects from Latin America, along with images of our volunteer and intern team getting the work done. Our 2008-2011 IMLS Latin American Textiles grant work has jus…
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Lizzie Jacket Beaded Purse: Anthropology Object of the Month for August 2011

Posted 08/05/2011 by Isabel Tovar | Comments
The Department's Bead Study Group, a volunteer organization that dedicates itself to working with beads and beaded items in the DMNS collections, has spent the last few years researching items in the collections to develop the Department's newest changing exhibit in the Weckbaugh case. Thanks …
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Mystery Beaded Bag: Anthropology Object of the Month for July 2011

Posted 07/11/2011 by Isabel Tovar | Comments
The Department's Bead Study Group, a volunteer organization that dedicates itself to working with beads and beaded items in the DMNS collections, has had a bit of a mystery on their hands. Acquired in November 1971, this beaded bag (DMNS catalogue number A624.4) was originally identified as Ch…
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How do you move a totem pole? Very carefully.

Posted 06/29/2011 by Isabel Tovar | Comments
It is not every day that the Denver Museum of Nature & Science receives a totem pole and housepost to add to its collection. Many people wonder just how we are able to transport and care for items of this size; the pictures in the slideshow above will provide an idea of some of the work we…
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