Show Art Treasures Mineral Display Arrive at Vernal Fieldhouse I ar M N NJ k J Lovers of Latin American music will rec- rec recognise this instrument as a marimba It is from Guatemala and is built of mahogany for a child player aC k TIBETAN TREASURE TREASURE- This temple plaque from Tibet dates from the Century In front are temple horns that called to prayer The plaque is inlaid with semi precious stones and is intricately carved It Is one of the new museum treasurers j c r c a HUGE Some ENDOWMENT of the cases and crates that contain exhibits from the Dulany Foundation endow ment are temporarily stored in the workroom at the rear of Vernal fieldhouse After cataloguing and arranging they will be housed permanently in a now museum ad Staff photos n Antique treasures from many parts of the world art masterpieces and one of the finest fluorescent collections In the US arrived at Utah Fieldhouse of Natural History in Vernal Thursday of last week as part of the Dulany Hunter Foundation endowment Several thousand al exhibit items valued great great- ly greatly in excess of had been crated and hauled from Washington D C in a ing moving van for maximum pro pro- MEANWHILE bids were scheduled to be open opened cd in Salt Lake City May 3 for a cinder block addition to the local museum to house the noted Hunter collection The addition will be financed by Utah State Park and flee Rec- Recreation Commission and is scheduled for completion late in July Captain Hunter who was in Vernal Thursday to super vise the tho unloading and stor stor- stor ago of his collection dis- dis disclosed closed that It took him and his wIfe four months work work- working ing up to ten hours a day to pack the fabulous collection lIe displayed the corns on his fingers from the tremendous wrapping job In addition to min eral specimens there are early Indian artifacts bells from all over the world some as old as 2000 years year and items In the Oriental and art colleCtion They ar- ar arrived rived in cases and crates SOM SOME OF THE outstanding exhibits include a temple plaque from Tibet inlaid with semi precious stones and dating back to the Cen Cen- Century tury accompanied by temple horns that were used to call the monks to prayer A L up up for sacred wine completes this group Examples of Oriental em em- em embroidery show exquIsite handiwork where line fine silver sUver wire is worked Into the silk pattern Another prominent item is a mahogany Guate- Guate Guatemalan Guatemalan malan marimba built for a achild child chUd An item that may have particular appeal to male ob ob- ob observers servers is a Japanese cere- cere ceremonial ceremonial sword with the blade set in solid heavy goad and the scabbard carved with de- de detailed detailed tailed hunting scenes The blade is sharp as n a razor Age of this item is estimated at years CAPT HUNTERS HUNTER'S collection collection tion was previouslY housed In his room 16 home in Washington D C which contained a 26 toot long lib lib- library library and an even larger liv- liv living Ing room Obtaining sufficient crates for the art treasurers and mineral collection was a maj- maj major major or problem Capt Hunter ex- ex explained explained The cost of packing three items alone In specially made boxes was 40 he re- re re Continued on page 8 Continued from page 1 called Some of the larger boxes contained smaller ones for added protection and the whole collection was then In- In Insured In for for protection tion In traveling The insurance ance was made out with the fl as beneficiary CAPT HUNTER said Bold that the collection had started with his grandfathers grandfather's efforts and had come down tour four generations with three families contributing Capt Hunter became the natural recipient due to his Interest in history and has added ap ap- ap ly to the collection during his many years abroad I The Hunters have purchased ed an acreage In Clines Glines and asI I will move here as soon as they sell seU their Washington home Capt Hunter ed cd he would be out here in about a month He has been a professor of history and government at Georgetown University In Washington for lor the past 37 years HE SAID THAT for some sometime sometime time he had been looking for just the right place to house the collection and I after a visit hero here decided that Vernal and the fieldhouse I I I Is the puce place Capt Hunter spent two I years at an English boarding school school and has also lived for 15 years In France lIe Ito was born In Washington G E director of the museum sold said he Is highly d delighted to receive the collection and opined that It wo ld take the better part of a year to unpack and display all the Items The collection will be displayed a section at a time Ume as It Is made ready he said As the fieldhouse Is also the tourist Information cen ter for the area It Is unlikely that the staff will have very much time to catalogue ex ex- hibits during the forthcoming tourist season |