Object Location Map
Browse and discover collection objects from across the globe with the Object Location Map.
Geocoded Locations
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Single LocationObject cataloging contains place names which are geocoded for display on a map. Click on a location indicator pin or circle to zoom into that area. You can refine your search down to a specific place name. Click the place name link to see objects in the online collections associated with that place.
Please note this map does not capture all Museum objects. Some place name data is either too broad (Asia) or too specific (altar) to geocode. Over 92% of the collection is geocoded here, and you can use collections search to browse and filter on other cataloging information.
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All work on this Object Location Map was done by Michael W. Condiff of the Penn Museum.
Hokkaido, Japan
In 1901, Hiram M. Hiller Jr. traveled to the northernmost island of Japan, Hokkaido, on behalf of the Penn Museum. The expedition produced over 250 artifacts as well as three journals of notes and numerous lantern slides, providing the Penn Museum with one of the best-documented Ainu collections in the US. Hiller also collected a small sample of pottery from the ancient Jomon culture which dates as far as back 12,000 BCE, some of the oldest known in the world.
Sitio Conte, Panama
In the early 20th century, the Conte family noticed that the shifting course of the Rio Grande de Coclé was exposing ancient burials on the river's edge. In 1940, the Penn Museum excavated Sitio Conte (Conte Site) and found archaeological evidence of a large cemetery including an impressive burial of a chief that had been buried with lots of gold and numerous other individuals.