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Cosmic Curiosities

“Why should I feel lonely? Is not our planet in the Milky Way?”
- Henry David Thoreau, American naturalist and writer

The Milwaukee Public Museum has a representative collection of Lacandon material culture, totaling 113 objects and numerous photographs. Peter Thornquist collected the majority of the artifacts while visiting a Lacandon village in Metzabok, Mexico in 1979. The items were collected with funds provided by the Friends of the Museum and the Milwaukee Public Museum. The collection contains information on dress as well as domestic and religious life, including many unique and perishable objects such as feather hair ornaments, seed necklaces, and photographs.

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Cosmic Curiosities

“I think you should always bear in mind that entropy is not on your side.”
- Elon Musk

Cosmic Curiosities

"If the dinosaurs had had a space program, they would not b

Potawatomi Culture

Potawatomi speak a language of the Algonkian language family and have lived in the Great Lakes region for at least four centuries. Throughout their history, the Potawatomi have moved and been moved many times, but their aboriginal territory was in Michigan’s lower peninsula. Oral traditions of the Potawatomi, Ojibwe, and Ottawa assert that at one time, all three tribes were one people who lived at the Straits of Mackinac.

Cosmic Curiosities

"A total eclipse of the sun...is the most sublime and awe-i

Northern vs. Southern Lacandon

Lacandon Indian, Chiapas, Mexico