The Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago
A quick guide outline page has been added for the Himalayan art collection of The Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago. The work of documenting the collection continues and the next project will be to catalogue the Block print collection.
"This collection includes approximately 4,400 secular and religious objects that were acquired in China and eastern Tibet by Field Museum anthropologist Berthold Laufer in 1908-09. Nearly all date from the 17th through the 19th century. The highlights of this collection include more than 1,000 traditional Tibetan books, both printed and hand written woodblocks, 850 costumes and personal accessories, 800 ritual containers and images and 350 tangka paintings. These objects comprise one of the largest and best-provenanced Tibetan collections in the United States." (The paragraph above is taken from the Field Museum website).