AR 355Coo Lyndon W. & Margaret Ann Cook collection of Oceanic and Asian artifacts

AR 355Coo Lyndon W. & Margaret Ann Cook collection of Oceanic and Asian artifacts

undated

Extent: 20.0 Linear feet; 9 boxes (2 standard, 5 flat, 2 oversized) and 2 items

Biographical/Historical note: Lyndon W. Cook was Utah Valley University's former head of Special Collections. He was also an associate professor of History and Political Science. He received his Bachelors of Art in Spanish and Hebrew at Brigham Young University and his Masters of Art in Political Science and Government at Brigham Young University. Margaret Ann Cook is the wife of Lyndon W. Cook.

Arrangement note: Series arrangement as follows: Masks, cloth, figurines, patu (clubs), pendants teeth, stones, armor, and miscellaneous

Scope and Contents note: This collection consists of artifacts collected by Lyndon W. and Margaret Ann Cook. Obtained from New Zealand, Japan and other various locations. Material types include wooden tribal masks, woven cloth, stone figurines and pendants, greenstone figurines and pendants, carved bone pendants, carved animal teeth, shell necklaces, wooden and greenstone clubs, and various woven and carved containers

Gift of Lyndon W. & Margaret Ann Cook.

Cook, Lyndon W.; Cook, Margaret Ann

George Sutherland Archives at Utah Valley University; Aimee Bastarache, Assistant Archivist, and Joel Sparks, student intern

19 June 2019

Access to the collection is open with assistance from the archivist or staff.

Open for Research. Copyright for Official University records is held by Utah Valley University; all other copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

AR 355Coo

Armor; Art, Maori; Carvings; Japan; Maori (New Zealand people); Masks; Necklaces--Shells; Patus; Pendants; Skirts--New Zealand; Statuettes; Swords; Tapa; Anthropology; Archeology; Expeditions and Adventure; Fisheries and Wildlife

New Zealand; Pacific Area

Artifacts