philadelphia, pennsylvania
february 1958

effigy urn
university museum of the university of pennsylvania

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https://www.flickr.com/photos/dboo/3330868613/

part of an archival project, featuring the photographs of nick dewolf

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#photography #film #blackandwhite #bw #philadelphia #pennsylvania #pennmuseum #museum #university #mexico #mexican #oaxaca #ceramic #dog #effigy #urn #1950s
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philadelphia, pennsylvania
february 1958

effigy urn
university museum of the university of pennsylvania

https://www.flickr.com/photos/dboo/51889371813
https://www.flickr.com/photos/dboo/3330868613/

part of an archival project, featuring the photographs of nick dewolf

© the Nick DeWolf Foundation
Image-use requests are welcome via nickdewolfphotoarchive [at] gmail [dot] com

#photography #film #blackandwhite #bw #philadelphia #pennsylvania #pennmuseum #museum #university #mexico #mexican #oaxaca #ceramic #dog #effigy #urn #1950s

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philadelphia, pennsylvania
february 1958

stela 14
university museum of the university of pennsylvania

https://www.flickr.com/photos/dboo/51889371843/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/dboo/3331703556/

part of an archival project, featuring the photographs of nick dewolf

© the Nick DeWolf Foundation
Image-use requests are welcome via nickdewolfphotoarchive [at] gmail [dot] com

#photography #film #blackandwhite #bw #philadelphia #pennsylvania #pennmuseum #universityofpennsylvania #museum #university #stone #carving #mayan #stela #1950s
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philadelphia, pennsylvania
february 1958

stela 14
university museum of the university of pennsylvania

https://www.flickr.com/photos/dboo/51889371843/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/dboo/3331703556/

part of an archival project, featuring the photographs of nick dewolf

© the Nick DeWolf Foundation
Image-use requests are welcome via nickdewolfphotoarchive [at] gmail [dot] com

#photography #film #blackandwhite #bw #philadelphia #pennsylvania #pennmuseum #universityofpennsylvania #museum #university #stone #carving #mayan #stela #1950s

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On November 24, through a collaboration with #CAARI, the #CyprusSociety of greater Philadelphia, the #pennmuseum and the #cyprus #embassy to the US, an event was held on Cypriot #culturalheritage its role in #education in the US, and the cross cultural connections it enables. Thanks to all who attended
> The MOVE remains aren’t the first to incite controversy at the #PennMuseum... following years of persistent protest from the university’s student body and surrounding community, the museum released a statement regarding its Morton Collection. Made up of more than 1,000 skulls, the collection was amassed by a 19th century white supremacist researcher who directed workers to pull the bones from unmarked graves.
https://billypenn.com/2021/04/21/move-bombing-penn-museum-bones-remains-princeton-africa/
#BIllyPenn #MoveRemains
/HT @micchiato
via @DoomsdaysCW
Remains of children killed in MOVE bombing sat in a box at Penn Museum for decades

Where are they now, and who is responsible for them? No one seems to know.

Billy Penn at WHYY

Queen Puabi’s gold and lapis pendants with animal figures, leaves, and fruits (2,500 BC).

Found scattered in the Royal Tombs of Ur (present day Iraq) ~ this is a reassembly of the pieces (Penn Museum)

https://www.penn.museum/blog/museum/puabis-ever-evolving-diadems/ #PennMuseum #museums #Iraq #Ur #necklace #jewellery

Penn Museum Blog | Puabi’s Ever-Evolving Diadems

<p>All the objects in the Penn Museum have incredible histories. Few of them have a journey as enigmatic and evolving as Queen Puabi’s diadems. In fact, the three individual pieces of diadems seen in the Middle East Galleries right now were once displayed as a six-piece set, and prior to that were all part of […]</p>

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Penn Museum 2022

Explore this photo album by Robin Haettich on Flickr!

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