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Indian tribes. The first series contained diagrams showing the classi- 

 fication of mankind into races, and maps indicating, by colored areas, the 

 distribution of the various races over the face of the earth. These were 

 followed by models in plaster of the heads of many of the semi-civilized 

 people of the Old World, and by full-sized figures showing the character- 

 istic costumes of the various nationalities. 



The exhibit relating to the North American Indians was naturally 

 more extensive. It included a large number of hand-colored photo- 

 graphs showing both profile and front views of prominent members of 

 each of the more important tribes. The life and habits of these Indians 

 were illustrated by means of carefully selected collections of their im- 

 plements, utensils and costumes. Among the specimens shown were 

 war-clubs, bows, arrows, spears, tomahawks, seal ping-knives, cooking 

 utensils, samples of weaving, dressed skins and agricultural implements. 

 Collections illustrating the art, religion, and pastimes of the Indians 

 were also exhibited. 



In the center of the space occupied by this department was a collec- 

 tion showing the chemical composition of the human body. The series 

 was based upon a man weighing 151 pounds, the exact quantity of each 

 of the various solids, liquids, and gases being represented. On the 

 opposite side of the same case were series showing the daily income and 

 expenditure of the human body, and the amount of food required during 

 a day of twenty-four hours by a man of moderate work, based upon the 

 latest investigations by physiological chemists ; also a series showing 

 the chemical constituents of a pound of wheat bread. 



Adjoining the general ethnological exhibit was a collection prepared 

 by Mr. Walter Hough, to show the development of the lamp. It was 

 not limited to the United States, but contained objects from various 

 other countries as well. The series began with the fire-fly cage from the 

 West Indies and the candle-fish of the Eskimo, and included the more 

 interesting forms of torches, caudles, lanterns, and the various stone, 

 metal, and glass lamps adapted to both animal and mineral oils and to 

 electricity. 



EXHIBIT OF THE BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY. 



In addition to rite exhibit made by the department of ethnology in 

 the National M useum, already referred to, the Director of the Bureau of 

 Ethnology, Maj. J. W. Powell, was requested to furnish a supplemental 

 exhibit which should illustrate the methods employed by said Bureau 

 in the study of the North American Indians. This exhibit, which was 

 prepared by Mr. Cosmos M in deleft', related chiefly to the Pueblo In- 

 dians and the mound-builders. It contained plaster models from life, 

 by Theo. A. Mills, of six of the leading members of the Zuhi tribe. 

 These were dressed in their characteristic costumes, including the orna- 

 ments worn by them. In an adjoining case was a relief map of a sec 

 lion of the ZuQi country showing the location of their settlements. 

 Next came a series of scale models and photographs Qf many of their 



