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A number of the more important scrips arc included in the list which 

 follows, where they arc classified under a dozen or more heads. In 

 many cases only the more important series of a particular group are 

 given. .V majority of these scries are now included in the exhibits of 

 the National Museum. 



In the first group are placed all those activities whose function is 

 that of acquiring or producing the raw materials of subsistence or 

 of culture. 



1. Plant gathering, agriculture, horticulture, forestry, etc. 



Illustrated by the implements and utensils used in (<t) col- 

 Lecting uncultivated products, (b) cultivating the soil. (<■) 

 harvesting the crops. 



2. Hunting, fishing, and zooculture. Illustrated by (a) weapons, 



(/>) traps and snares, (c) hooks and tackle, (J) appliances of 

 domestication and culture. 



3. Mineral collecting, quarrying, and mining. Illustrated by 



mining implements and machinery. 

 In the second group are included the activities that prepare the raw 

 materials for use, a few of which are as follows: 



1. The building arts. Illustrated by (a) models of the house, 



(h) models of furniture, (c) models of water craft. (<l) 

 models of machinery, (<) devices used in construction. 



2. The textile arts. Illustrated by (a) basketry -making appli- 



ances and basketry products; (h) spinning appliances and 

 spinning products; (c) the loom and loom products; (d) 

 sewing and netting appliances and sewing and netting 

 products. 



3. The sculptural arts. Illustrated by {a) implements for shap- 



ing stone, and products; (/>) implements for carving wood, 

 and carved products. 

 ■I. The plastic arts. Illustrated by implements for modeling 

 in clay. wax. and other plastic substances, and plastic 

 products. 



5. Glass-making arts, utensils and appliances for glass making. 



and glass products. 



6. The metallurgic arts. Illustrated by (a) metal-reducing 



appliances; (/>) metal-shaping tools, utensils, and metal 

 products. 



7. The graphic arts. Illustrated by (a) drawing and painting, 



(h) writing, (<?) engraving, ('/) printing, (c) photography 

 (appliances and products in each case). 



8. Food-preparing arts. Illustrated by (a) contrivances for 



milling, (b) cooking appliances. 

 In the third group are implements of general use in the arts. Illus- 

 trated by (a) hammers, (b) knives, (<■) scrapers. (<l) saws. (< ) axes, (f) 

 adzes, {</) drills, etc. 



