Treasure
A Royal Tunic
Unraveling an Inca masterpiece’s secrets
by Max J. Krupnick
Show-offs
Bejeweled wings
The Crimson Party
Braced for the outcome
Musick Makers
From Hurdy-gurdy to the serpent's voice
"Chinese" Wilson, Shutterbug
The legendary explorer was at home behind the camera. Barging on the seine this summer? Don't forget your plant-hunting gear and your...
Enduring Duck
This rare bird is a bronze ewer made in China in the Warring States period (481-221 B.C.), a time so called because the Zhou dynasty had lost...
Spherical Riches
Harvard's baseball collection consists of 274 balls in a massive case. The balls commemorate games won by College teams between 1865 and 1885...
The President's Grandfather
HARVARD HAS about 125 notable old clocks. Fifty came in 1943 from Grenville L. Winthrop, A.B. 1886, LL.B. '89 (who gave to the Fogg Art Museum...
The Glass Animals
Once seen, not forgotten. so it is with Harvard's wondrous glass flowers. Droves of visitors--120,000 annually--depart marveling at the unique collection…
Crimson in Triumph Flashing
On the lookout for Harvard's official color. A matter of personal taste?