our plans for reorganization of our African ethnological exhibits 

 resulted in the decision to construct a full-size representation of 

 the house of an African king to display artifacts in the context 

 of native life. Two auxiliary structures, a drum hut and an ancestor 

 shrine, were set up near the house. As a gift to this Museum, 

 Mrs. Plass, a collector of African art and member of the Department 

 of Ethnography of the British Museum, presented her services as 

 consultant and as artist. The Museum and especially the staff of 

 the Department of Anthropology are deeply indebted to her for her 

 generous assistance in planning and executing the project and, most 

 of all, for her boundless enthusiasm and good will. Mrs. Plass also 

 is author of The King's Day, a booklet published by the Museum 

 for the Cameroons King's House exhibit. Assistant Lewis conducted 

 research and planned the exhibit, supervised construction of the 

 house, and acted as preparator, with Preparator Reese and Ceramic 

 Restorer Boyer, in the installation of the Cameroons materials. 



Alfred Lee Rowell, Dioramist in the Department of Anthropology, is at work on 

 the figure of a ceremonial dragon that will be used in a Maya diorama for Hall 8. 



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