Pacific & island Southeast Asia team

The collections & research team at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago that is dedicated to the advancement of world understanding about the people and achievements of the Pacific Islands, Australia, Indonesia, and the Philippines  has many faces and many complementary areas of expertise:








John Edward Terrell, Ph.D., Regenstein Curator of Pacific Anthropology, and Esther M. Schechter, Ph.D., Research Associate

(© 2006, John Weinstein, The Field Museum)






Christopher J. Philipp, Regenstein Collections Manager for Pacific Anthropology

(© Julianna Philipp)