The cardboard box with the ancient lithics from North America, located in the storerooms of the National Archaeological Museum. The stone weapons and tools were wrapped in pages of The Cincinnati Enquirer of February 9, 1931. (Photographic Archive of the Hellenic National Archaeological Museum)
The cardboard box with the ancient lithics from North America, located in the storerooms of the National Archaeological Museum. The stone weapons and tools were wrapped in pages of The Cincinnati Enquirer of February 9, 1931. (Photographic Archive of the Hellenic National Archaeological Museum)
Ancient North American stone weapons and tools sent as a gift of the Cincinnati Art Museum to Greece in May 1931. (Photographic Archive of the Hellenic National Archaeological Museum)
Three terracotta vases from Arizona and New Mexico, made in the 19th c. CE by the Hopi and the Zuni Tribes, sent to Greece in May 1931. The representation of the deer with the “heartline” stands out, symbolizing the hunter’s wish for the peaceful surrender of the animal’s soul, 19th c. CE. (Photographic Archive of the Hellenic National Archaeological Museum. The vases are presented with the kind consent of the Zuni Pueblo)
Three terracotta vases from Arizona and New Mexico, made in the 19th c. CE by the Hopi and the Zuni Tribes, sent to Greece in May 1931. The representation of the deer with the “heartline” stands out, symbolizing the hunter’s wish for the peaceful surrender of the animal’s soul, 19th c. CE. (Photographic Archive of the Hellenic National Archaeological Museum. The vases are presented with the kind consent of the Zuni Pueblo)
On May 11, 1931, the Minister of Education and Religious Affairs, George Papandreou requested that a box from Cincinnati be cleared through the Piraeus port customs. (Archive of the Hellenic National Archaeological Museum)
Unseen Museum
Unseen Museum
The Unseen Museum is the well-known exhibition project of the Hellenic National Archaeological Museum that brings to the fore antiquities stored in its vaults away from the visitor’s eyes.
The Unseen Museum presents the “American Indian hunters”. It is an exhibition set of ancient stone weapons and tools, used by the indigenous populations of Northeastern America between the 8th millennium BCE and the floruit of the city of Cahokia, 1000 years ago. The American Indian antiquities were sent as a gift by the Cincinnati Art Museum to the Greek State in May 1931 and were kept safe and unseen for 93 years in the Museum’s storerooms. Included in the same consignment were three terracotta vases from Arizona and New Mexico, made in the 19th c. CE by the Hopi and the Zuni Tribes.
The “American Indian hunters” are exhibited in the “Hall of the Altar” (Hall no 34) from Friday 6 September to Monday 11 November 2024.
