Saturday, Aug. 29, 2015 – Sunday, Feb. 21, 2016
Together with his wife, Adelaide de Menil, the late Edmund Carpenter assembled one of the world’s finest and most extensive collections of Old Bering Sea Paleo-Eskimo material culture. MicroCosmos is the first exhibition of this extraordinary body, primarily showcasing artifacts from the Old Bering Sea cultures of coastal Alaska and Siberia, ca. 250 BCE–1000 CE.
Curated by Sean Mooney, the exhibition celebrates the spirit of Carpenter’s curiosity and his pursuit of the underlying cultural significances in Paleo-Eskimo expressive culture by exploring the animistic universe expressed in these objects.
Image: Okvik Doll, c. 200 BCE, Walrus ivory
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Closed Monday and Tuesday.Closed major holidays including Easter Sunday, Independence Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas Day, and New Year's Day. - Free Hours: Always free!
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