Private collection of Native American art, culture opens at UA history center
Sam Denny, 12 of Alliance looks at a 1900's Eskimo carving titled The Shaman by Kent Heindel during the opening reception for the display Connecting Objects to their People: From the Artic to Arizona at the University of Akron Center for the History of Psychology on Sunday in Akron, Ohio. (Paul Tople/Akron Beacon Journal)
Vanita Oelschlager looks at one of her favorite personal items on display, a 1900's Totem Pole with Frog, Eagle and Fish from Ketchikan, Alaska, during the opening reception for the display Connecting Objects to their People: From the Artic to Arizona at the University of Akron Center for the History of Psychology on Sunday in Akron, Ohio. Vanita and Jim Oelschlager donated part of their collect for display at the center. (Paul Tople/Akron Beacon Journal)
Ben Chambers of Akron holds his son Lucas, 4, at a display of a Native Indian headdress from the four corners region, during the opening reception for the display Connecting Objects to their People: From the Artic to Arizona at the University of Akron Center for the History of Psychology on Sunday in Akron, Ohio. (Paul Tople/Akron Beacon Journal)
Claire Heldman of Cuyahoga Falls looks at a storage jar from the Salt River area near Tuscon, Arizona, during the opening reception for the display Connecting Objects to their People: From the Artic to Arizona at the University of Akron Center for the History of Psychology on Sunday in Akron, Ohio. (Paul Tople/Akron Beacon Journal)
Maeve Goble, 9, (left) and Molly Bagatto, 9, both of Copley, look at a display in the Psychology History area during the opening reception for the display Connecting Objects to their People: From the Artic to Arizona at the University of Akron Center for the History of Psychology on Sunday in Akron, Ohio. (Paul Tople/Akron Beacon Journal)
Scott Denny of Alliance looks at some of the Psychology collection, during the opening reception for the display Connecting Objects to their People: From the Artic to Arizona at the University of Akron Center for the History of Psychology on Sunday in Akron, Ohio. (Paul Tople/Akron Beacon Journal)
