America ' s Great Lost Expedition

Until recently the largest and single most significant collection of Hopi Indian art lay buried amidst the dusty recesses of the Peabody Museum. The "Thomas V . Kearn Collection of Hopi Material Culture ," consisting of approximately 4,500 ethnographic objects ranging from prehistoric pots, baskets, and textile fragments to nineteenthcentury wooden tablitas and ceremonial art , was acquired through a pioneering scientific expedition. It currently constitutes the core of a major research project at the Peabody. Renovated storage and conservation of the collection have been accomplished through support provided by the National Science Foundation. A catalogue of some 1,500 of the historic ceramics has been prepared for the National Park Service . Through the Continued on page 14