Peabody Museum of American Archeology & Ethnology plus Harvard Museum of Natural History, Cambridge, MA Photos

The Peabody Museum of American Archeology & Ethnology and the Harvard Museum of Natural History are adjoining museums on the Harvard University Campus and are visited with a single ticket. The Peabody is noted for its collection of objects of Native Peoples of the Western Hemisphere. The Natural History Museum is famous for its glass flowers (botanical models sculpted in hand-blown glass).

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Peabody Museum of American Archeology & Ethnology. Cambridge, MA.Staircase at Peabody Museum at Harvard. Cambridge, MA.Wampanoag grass pack basket by Baska Accouch at Peabody Museum. Cambridge, MA.Micmac birchbark box at Peabody Museum. Cambridge, MA.
Peabody Museum of American Archeology & Ethnology (1877) (11 Divinity Ave.). Cambridge, MA.Staircase at Peabody Museum at Harvard. Cambridge, MA.Wampanoag grass pack basket (c1800) by Baska Accouch at Peabody Museum. Cambridge, MA.Micmac birchbark box (c1850) at Peabody Museum. Cambridge, MA.
Chitimacha basket tray by Faye Stouff at Peabody Museum. Cambridge, MA.White Mountain Apache basket at Peabody Museum. Cambridge, MA.Hopi basket plaque at Peabody Museum. Cambridge, MA.Navajo wedding basket in lily pattern at Peabody Museum. Cambridge, MA.
Chitimacha basket tray (1975) by Faye Stouff at Peabody Museum. Cambridge, MA.White Mountain Apache basket (1895-1928) at Peabody Museum. Cambridge, MA.Hopi basket plaque (prior to 1916) at Peabody Museum. Cambridge, MA.Navajo wedding basket in lily pattern at Peabody Museum. Cambridge, MA.
Pomo elliptical basket with quail plumes & beads at Peabody Museum. Cambridge, MA.Covered native American basket at Peabody Museum. Cambridge, MA.Monache mush bowl basket at Peabody Museum. Cambridge, MA.Acoma or Laguna pottery bowl at Peabody Museum. Cambridge, MA.
Pomo elliptical basket with quail plumes & beads (c1920) at Peabody Museum. Cambridge, MA.Covered native American basket at Peabody Museum. Cambridge, MA.Monache mush bowl basket (c1909) at Peabody Museum. Cambridge, MA.Acoma or Laguna pottery (1850-95) bowl at Peabody Museum. Cambridge, MA.
Cherokee snake effigy jar at Peabody Museum. Cambridge, MA.Mohave food bowl at Peabody Museum. Cambridge, MA.Mohave doll at Peabody Museum. Cambridge, MA.Zuni ceramic owl at Peabody Museum. Cambridge, MA.
Cherokee snake effigy jar (1880s) at Peabody Museum. Cambridge, MA.Mohave food bowl (1876) at Peabody Museum. Cambridge, MA.Mohave doll (c1912) at Peabody Museum. Cambridge, MA.Zuni ceramic owl (c1953) at Peabody Museum. Cambridge, MA.
Two Zuni & Hopi Kachina dolls at Peabody Museum. Cambridge, MA.Kachina doll at Peabody Museum. Cambridge, MA.Apache & Taos cradles at Peabody Museum. Cambridge, MA.Lakota dance headdress at Peabody Museum. Cambridge, MA.
Two Zuni (c1905) & Hopi (c1937-63) Kachina dolls at Peabody Museum. Cambridge, MA.Kachina doll at Peabody Museum. Cambridge, MA.Apache & Taos cradles (c1900) at Peabody Museum. Cambridge, MA.Lakota dance headdress at Peabody Museum. Cambridge, MA.
Plains Cree feather & ermine Grass Dance bustle at Peabody Museum. Cambridge, MA.Oglala bone breastplate from near Fort Laramie at Peabody Museum. Cambridge, MA.Montagnais mittens from Quebec at Peabody Museum. Cambridge, MA.Iroquois or Huron moccasins with bird & porcupine quills at Peabody Museum. Cambridge, MA.
Plains Cree feather & ermine Grass Dance bustle (c1909) at Peabody Museum. Cambridge, MA.Oglala bone breastplate (c1860s) from near Fort Laramie at Peabody Museum. Cambridge, MA.Montagnais mittens (1892) from Quebec at Peabody Museum. Cambridge, MA.Iroquois or Huron moccasins with bird & porcupine quills (c1865) at Peabody Museum. Cambridge, MA.
Naskapi moccasins at Peabody Museum. Cambridge, MA.Seminole man's Big Shirt at Peabody Museum. Cambridge, MA.Navajo saddle throw at Peabody Museum. Cambridge, MA.Westcoast native carving collection including house & effigy poles at Peabody Museum. Cambridge, MA.
Naskapi moccasins at Peabody Museum. Cambridge, MA.Seminole man's Big Shirt (c1900) at Peabody Museum. Cambridge, MA.Navajo saddle throw (1870s-80s) at Peabody Museum. Cambridge, MA.Westcoast native carving collection including house & effigy poles at Peabody Museum. Cambridge, MA.
Northwest coast effigy pole at Peabody Museum. Cambridge, MA.Kwakiutl transformation mask at Peabody Museum. Cambridge, MA.Kwakiutl Dzoonokwa mask at Peabody Museum. Cambridge, MA.Haida seal bowl at Peabody Museum. Cambridge, MA.
Northwest coast effigy pole at Peabody Museum. Cambridge, MA.Kwakiutl transformation mask (1917) at Peabody Museum. Cambridge, MA.Kwakiutl Dzoonokwa mask (1917) at Peabody Museum. Cambridge, MA.Haida seal bowl (1917) at Peabody Museum. Cambridge, MA.
Tlingit basketry hat & cover at Peabody Museum. Cambridge, MA.Northwest coast conical native hat at Peabody Museum. Cambridge, MA.Inuit carved ivory pipes at Peabody Museum. Cambridge, MA.Gallery of Mayan carved monoliths from Copan, Honduras at Peabody Museum. Cambridge, MA.
Tlingit basketry hat & cover (early 19thC) at Peabody Museum. Cambridge, MA.Northwest coast conical native hat (c1790) at Peabody Museum. Cambridge, MA.Inuit (Eskimo) carved ivory pipes (c1900) at Peabody Museum. Cambridge, MA.Gallery of Mayan carved monoliths from Copan, Honduras at Peabody Museum. Cambridge, MA.
Carved Mayan altar Q from Copan, Honduras at Peabody Museum. Cambridge, MA.Mayan ceramic polychrome painted plate from Holmul, Guatemala at Peabody Museum. Cambridge, MA.Mayan ceramic painted vessel from Holmul, Guatemala at Peabody Museum. Cambridge, MA.Moche stirrup-spout vessel of fanged god with figure eight ears from Peru at Peabody Museum. Cambridge, MA.
Carved Mayan altar Q (775) from Copan, Honduras at Peabody Museum. Cambridge, MA.Mayan ceramic polychrome painted plate (500-800) from Holmul, Guatemala at Peabody Museum. Cambridge, MA.Mayan ceramic painted vessel (150-250) from Holmul, Guatemala at Peabody Museum. Cambridge, MA.Moche stirrup-spout vessel of fanged god with figure eight ears from Peru at Peabody Museum. Cambridge, MA.
Mayan stone human head with animal head helmet effigy at Peabody Museum. Cambridge, MA.Mayan stone effigy of human face with human-like creature above at Peabody Museum. Cambridge, MA.Classical Mayan parrot vessel found at Holmul at Peabody Museum. Cambridge, MA.Kuna devil mask at Peabody Museum. Cambridge, MA.
Mayan stone human head with animal head helmet effigy (600-800) at Peabody Museum. Cambridge, MA.Mayan stone effigy (600-800) of human face with human-like creature above at Peabody Museum. Cambridge, MA.Classical Mayan parrot vessel found at Holmul at Peabody Museum. Cambridge, MA.Kuna devil mask (c1910) at Peabody Museum. Cambridge, MA.
Mayan conquistador mask from Santo Tomas Chichicastenango at Peabody Museum. Cambridge, MA.Glass flower collection by Leopold & Rudolph Blaschka at Harvard Museum of Natural History. Cambridge, MA.Glass flower collection by Leopold & Rudolph Blaschka at Harvard Museum of Natural History. Cambridge, MA.Glass working tools of Leopold Blaschka used to make glass models of plants for Harvard's Botanical Museum now part of Harvard Museum of Natural History. Cambridge, MA.
Mayan conquistador mask (c1917) from Santo Tomas Chichicastenango at Peabody Museum. Cambridge, MA.Glass flower collection (1890-1930s) by Leopold & Rudolph Blaschka at Harvard Museum of Natural History. Cambridge, MA.Glass flower collection (1890-1930s) by Leopold & Rudolph Blaschka at Harvard Museum of Natural History. Cambridge, MA.Glass working tools of Leopold Blaschka used to make glass models of plants for Harvard's Botanical Museum now part of Harvard Museum of Natural History. Cambridge, MA.
Glass model of Malayan Pitcher-plant by Rudolph Blaschka at Harvard Museum of Natural History. Cambridge, MA.Glass model of Dahlia by Leopold & Rudolph Blaschka at Harvard Museum of Natural History. Cambridge, MA.Glass model of Castilleja integra by Leopold & Rudolph Blaschka at Harvard Museum of Natural History. Cambridge, MA.Glass model of Luffa cylindrica by Leopold & Rudolph Blaschka at Harvard Museum of Natural History. Cambridge, MA.
Glass model (1906) of Malayan Pitcher-plant by Rudolph Blaschka at Harvard Museum of Natural History. Cambridge, MA.Glass model (1890) of Dahlia by Leopold & Rudolph Blaschka at Harvard Museum of Natural History. Cambridge, MA.Glass model (1894) of Castilleja integra by Leopold & Rudolph Blaschka at Harvard Museum of Natural History. Cambridge, MA.Glass model (1892) of Luffa cylindrica by Leopold & Rudolph Blaschka at Harvard Museum of Natural History. Cambridge, MA.
Glass model of Oenothera glauca by Leopold & Rudolph Blaschka at Harvard Museum of Natural History. Cambridge, MA.Glass model of banana by Rudolph Blaschka at Harvard Museum of Natural History. Cambridge, MA.Glass model of Mountain Laurel by Rudolph Blaschka at Harvard Museum of Natural History. Cambridge, MA.Mineral collection at Harvard Museum of Natural History. Cambridge, MA.
Glass model (1890) of Oenothera glauca by Leopold & Rudolph Blaschka at Harvard Museum of Natural History. Cambridge, MA.Glass model (1903) of banana by Rudolph Blaschka at Harvard Museum of Natural History. Cambridge, MA.Glass model (1900) of Mountain Laurel by Rudolph Blaschka at Harvard Museum of Natural History. Cambridge, MA.Mineral collection at Harvard Museum of Natural History. Cambridge, MA.
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