Anthropology

This is a Native American flute, decorated with gold paint, leather tassels and at the top is a lizard figure perched on top of a rock.

This is actually a heavy wooden turtle, which has a face carved into its back. The piece is painted black with earth-tone markings and it is from South America.

Warner, as stated many times before, had continued his love of anthropology long after he returned from the war. These photos represent some of the items that Warner had collected during his time as an anthropologist. There are pieces collected from all over the world; from Canada to South America, Africa to Japan. They display the differences in culture; the earth-toned carved wooden pieces from South America are very much different to the Shiwa Jyou mask created in Japan.

Today, most of these pieces are still at Western Connecticut State University. They are either in the archives or displayed within Warner Hall, the building named after the anthropology professor who held such dedication to his subject and the school.