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The University Daily Kansan
Wednesday, March 4, 1998
Anthropology museum has whale of an exhibit
By Portia Stewart Special to the Kansan
A giant red and black orca greets visitors as they enter the newest exhibit at the University of Kansas Museum of Anthropology in Spooner Hall.
The orca, or killer whale, is a mural depiction of one of the artifacts that will be on display until Aug. 16 in the "American Indian of the Northwest Coast" exhibit.
Alfred Johnson, director of the museum, said that several of the items in the exhibit had been on display in the museum but that this would be the first time the complete collection was displayed as a separate exhibit.
"It's a wonderfully broad representation," Johnson said.
The collection represents Indian artifacts from Washington to the British Coast and from Alaska
A learning station for children was created by Celia Daniels, education coordinator for the museum. A giant inflatable orca is used to teach children about the design elements used by
Northwest Coast Indian tribes.
Daniels said that when children left the learning station, the artifacts would look familiar.
The learning stations also helps adults, she said.
"With the children's activities, not only do the children get something that's at their level, but the parents maybe have the opportunity to leave the kids there working on it and go and really take a second look at things," Daniels said.
Bryna Lawrence, a Susquama and Klamam Indian, is from the Puget Sound area in Washington, where her family lives on the Susquama Indian reservation. Some of the items in the collection are from Lawrence's tribe.
out seeing the ones back home."
Lawrence said that she recognized the weave of a basket in the collection. She thought it might have been woven by her great aunt. Nancv Ewwe.
"This basket looks exactly like one that's in my tribal museum," Lawrence said.
"The designs are pretty simi
lar," she said. "I can't tell with
KU students played a role in the research and development of the exhibit. The information they gathered was used to create labels on the artifacts in the exhibit.
Kate Eviliszer, Englewood,
Colo., senior, researched ceremonial artifacts, including a bird-whistle with a painted wooden bird head and a beaver-fur body.
"That birdwhistle was really hard to find," Evilsizer said. "It's really neat to see it now, here."
The museum staff does not want to display interesting artifacts without providing information about the lives and cultures of the people who used them, Johnson said. The staff's goal is to create a background for the artifacts through research, called recontextualization, he said.
"We want to share with them the meaning of artifacts from the context in which they were taken," he said. "As an anthropology museum, we think it's very important to provide our visitors with context."
Carmen Costner, Wichita senior, gazes at a mural of a giant black and red orca. The mural is part of an exhibit at the Museum of Anthropology entitled, "American Indian of the Northwest Coast." The exhibit will be on display until Aug. 16. Photo by Lizz Weber/KANSAN
Volunteers have a bone to pick
KU museum cleans, assembles dinosaur
By Susie Gura
sgura@kansan.com
Kansas staff writer
The "Do Not Touch" sign inside the Natural History Museum does not apply to volunteers who are willing to help clean and prepare dinosaur bones.
About 50 volunteers, along with museum paleontologists, have been working since October on the cleaning and reconstruction of skeletons of an adult and a baby Camararsaurus dinosaur, which were found together last summer in Wyoming. But the museum needs more outside assistance because of the enormity of the project, said Larry
Martin, senior curator at the museum.
"We are still seeking more volunteers," Martin said. "The project could take many thousands of hours."
Martin said that the museum's paleontologists could not complete the project on their own.
Orientation sessions are conducted from 9 to 11 a.m. each Saturday at the museum to acclimate volunteers to the dinosaurs.
"We tell them about the process and then bring out some bones to show herm," said T.J. Meehan, graduate teaching assistant in biological sciences.
Following the orientation, volunteers may spend up to five hours during a lab using demolition and exacto knives to scrape and clean the rock and field glue from the bones. They also use glue to piece fractured bones back together.
"They build their skills slowly, and we
train them as they go along." Meehan said.
Volunteers are asked to make a regular commitment every week, he said.
"All we ask is that they have an interest in the work and a talent for it." he said.
Martin said that cleaning the dinosaur was a monumental process that could not be completed with the only staff members working on the project.
"Right now it is a little large for the museum, but we hope to find some place for it." Martin said.
The museum hopes to have the dinosaur completely prepared in 18 months,he said.
The dinosaur's name, Camararsasurus, means "chambered lizard," which refers to its hollow neck and vertebrae. It lived about 140 million years ago and when constructed, the adult will be more than 25 feet tall and 70 feet long.
Lawrence police shake down staff
By Ronnie Wachter
wachter@kansan.com
Kansas staff writer
The Lawrence police department is making some internal personnel changes, including the designation of a new public voice.
Sgt. George Wheeler moved yesterday from patrol officer to the position of Technical Services Sergeant, a job that includes releasing information to the media. Wheeler is one of eight officers who will adjust to new assignments and changes within the department this week.
The Technical Services Sergeant is one of the most prominent positions on the supervisory staff, said Sgt. Susan Hadi, who held the job until Friday.
"The Technical Services Sergeant is in charge of purchasing for the department, records, front office personnel, overseeing the evidence room and of course, handling the media," she said.
"The Chief will move some of the supervisors around to keep things fresh," Wheeler said. "Some more changes will be coming in a few weeks."
Wheeler said that Lawrence Police Chief Ron Olin initiated the changes because he wanted to rotate the department's supervisory staff.
"There are many different tasks for the supervisory staff," Olin said. "In an effort to get a very balanced staff, we rotate officers
Olin said that the supervisory staff consisted of the department's sergeants and lieutenants.
frequently.
"Three officers came into the administration from patrol, three officers left administration to go to patrol, and two of our patrol sergeants changed into new shifts," he said.
Hadl, who occupied the Technical Services position for two and a half years, was one of the officers transferred back to field duty as a patrol officer Monday.
"I walked out to the parking lot," Hadl said, "and my car had a flat tire."
Hadl said that her return to the field went well, despite the flat tire.
"It's been a little different, getting adjusted to all the gear again, but I'm enjoying being back," she said. "I'm trying to tour around the city, and get back up to speed on what's happening out there."
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