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Aztalan Collection
Aztalan is the largest and most significant archaeological site in the State of Wisconsin. Located on the Crawfish River in south-central Wisconsin, it is near the town of Lake Mills, about fifty miles west of the City of Milwaukee.
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Lacandon Collection
The Lacandon are an indigenous Maya-speaking people who live in the Mexican state of Chiapas. The Milwaukee Public Museum has a representative collection totaling 113 objects and numerous photographs.
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Mambila Collection
The Mambila (Mambilla) are an agricultural people living on a plateau straddling the Cameroon/Nigerian border in Africa. The Milwaukee Public Museum is proud to be the caretaker for the Mambila collection, the largest outside of West Africa.
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The Ledger Art Collection
Plains ledger art was a means of historical representation for the Indian peoples of the Great Plains during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Although the Plains Indians had no written language, they did have a long tradition of preserving oral histories pictorially.
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Bandolier Bag Collection
Bandolier bags are large, heavily beaded pouches with a slit at the top. They have a beaded strap worn diagonally over the shoulder, thus resting the bag at hip level. The design is created using glass beads, a European trade good that replaced the traditional porcupine quills.
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Sumner W. Matteson Photograph Collection
From 1898 to 1908 Matteson photographed the elusive Ute Indians, the cliff dwellings of Mesa Verde, and the life and rites of Pueblo Indians. In Mexico he photographed old churches, Peons, ruins, and fiestas. He toured the Pacific Coast photographing fishermen and loggers.
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