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NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



The exhibit of the National Museum, as on previous occasions, occupied very 

 much more space than those of the other bureaus of the Institution. 



It was planned to show the scope and methods of the Museum and at the same 

 time to illustrate as far as practicable some topic germane to the general idea of the 

 exposition implied in the name Pan-American. The three administrative depart- 

 ments made separate exhibits, but the lines of separation between the various sub- 

 divisions in these departments were not recognized in every instance. 



Department of Anthropology. — The exhibit of this department of the Museum was 

 planned and prepared by Mr. W. H. Holmes, head curator, assisted by the scientific 

 staff. It occupied the south end of the Museum space. 



This exhibit was planned with the view of representing the various aboriginal 

 peoples of America and the material products of their activities. 



Groups of lay fgnrex. — Twelve of these groups were exhibited, each representing a 

 family (man, woman, and children), and each with an appropriate setting, indicating 

 customs, arts, and general environment. Many of the figures were prepared espe- 

 cially for this exposition by skilled sculptors and preparators, under the personal 

 direction of the head curator, and were the best objects of the kind the Museum has 

 ever exhibited. The two largest groups— those of the Greenland Eskimo and Pata- 

 gonians— occupied cases 12 feet long and 8 feet wide. The other 10 groups were 

 somewhat smaller. A comjilete list is as follows: (1) North Greenland Eskimo; (2) 

 Eastern Eskimo; (3) Alaskan Eskimo; (4) Ghilcat Indians, Alaska; (5) Hupa Indians, 

 California; (6) Sioux Indians of the Great Plains; (7) Navajo Indians of the arid 

 region of the United States; (8) Zuni Indians of the arid region; (9) Cocopa 

 Indians, Sonora, Mexico; (10) Maya Quiche Indians, Guatemala; (11) a Zapotec 

 Indian woman, Mexico, a Jivaro Indian man and a Piro Indian man, Brazil; (12) 

 Tehuelche Indians, Patagonia. Nos. 2, 8, and 11 were not completed as family 

 groups. 



DweUing gronp models. — This series consisted of thirteen models, each about 4 feet 

 long and 2 feet wide, representing the houses and outbuildings and appurtenances 

 occupied by a family or communal group. The following is a list of those models : 



(1) Snow houses of the Eskimo: ^2) earth house of Alaskan Eskimo; (3) Avooden 

 dwellings of the northwest coast Indians; (4) skin and bark covered lodges of tlie 

 Montagnais Indians, Labrador; (5) dwellings of the Sierra Digger Indians, California; 

 (6) skin lodges of the ({reat Plains Indians; (7) grass liouses of the Wichita Indians 

 of Indian Territory; (8) earth lodges of the Pawnee Indians, Dakota; (9) cliff dwell- 

 ings (ruins), Arizona; (10) grass and adobe houses of Papago Indians, old style, 

 Arizona; (11) grass and adobe houses of Papago Indians, late forms; (12) pile dwell- 

 ings of the Venezuela tribes; (13) skin shelters of the Patagonians. 



E.rhibits ilhistrating leading activities of American aborigines. — These exhibits, thir- 

 teen in number, were designed to show the status of various American native races 

 as regards culture. The series presented were as follows : ( 1 ) Fire-making apparatus; 



(2) bows and arrows; (3) throwing sticks; (4)*liarpo(ms; (fi) water craft; (0) bas- 

 ketry; (7) woven fal)rics; (8) pottery; (9) sculjiture; (10) personal-ornament neck- 

 laces; (11) tobacco pipes; (12) pictography and writing; (13) musical instruments. 



These series were shown in standard IMuseum cases, 85 feet long and 7 feet high, 

 and comprised many hundred objects of importance and general interest. 



Department of Biology. — The exhibit of this department of the Museum was planned 

 and prepared by Dr. F. W. True, head curator, with the assistance of the staff of 

 the divisions of mammals, birds, reptiles, and fishes. 



The exhibit of the department was projected in harmony with the general theme 

 of the exposition and only American animals were exhibited. As space was limited 

 only vertebrate animals were included. In order to fill gaps in the series as far as 



