54 REPORT OF NATIONAL MU.^ErM, 1?<93. 



More reeeiitly other niethods have been employed. Mr. J. A\ . Ileud- 

 ley, a man of <;reat inj^eniiity and mechanical skill employed in mak- 

 ing- models of fruit, produced a cast from life of a negro boy, which iu 

 its way is something entirely unique. Although no portion of the fig- 

 ure was touched by the modeler or sculptor, it has the merit of abso- 

 lute accuracy, and yet is surprisingly spirited and life-like — a Samoau 

 youth (PI. 47), modeled from photographs under the direction of 

 Lieut. W. E. Safford, U. S. Navy, who is very familiar with these peo- 

 ple; a Dyak warrior (PI. 48), jiroduced in the same way under the 

 supervision of Mr. Hornaday, and an Indian in feather costume (PI. 

 49), from a painting by an Indian artist of Chile, are thoroughly sat- 

 isfactory, as is also a Bantu negro boy, modeled by Mr. Theodore 

 Mills from life, by the aid of casts. (PI. 50.) 



A number of figures of the same general character were prepared 

 for the World's Fair. None of these were so carefully made as those 

 already described, owing to the confusion and haste which always 

 attend the preparation for a great exhibition. A new feature of 

 the greatest interest was, however, introduced among the figures pre- 

 pared for this occasion, and a set of groups, unique and full of interest, 

 was the result. These, as shown in the <;ases, surrounded by proper 

 environmental accessories and engaged in the occupations ])e(;uliar to 

 the tribes which they represented, were no longer pieces of sculpture 

 but pictures from life. The success of these groups is due to the 

 supervision exercised by Prof. W. H. Holmes, artist as well as ethnol- 

 ogist, who gave life and pictorial expression to the figures already 

 accurately modeled and costumed by the Museum preparators, who 

 himself designed a spirited group of Powhatan Indians quarrying 

 material for the manufacture of stone implements, which was modeled 

 by Mr. U. S. J. Dunbar. To Mr. Frank Hamilton Gushing, whose long 

 residence among the Indians of the southwest has given him perfect 

 familiarity with their customs, and in whom mechanical skill supple- 

 ments an artistic temperament, is due the perfection of other groups 

 showing the life of these people. These are: 



1. The Zuni ritual of creation. 



2. The Zufii bread-makers and millers. (PI. al.) 



3. The Zuni potter. 



4. The Zuni basket-maker. 



5. The Zuni belt-maker. 



6. Navajo women, si)inning and weaving. 



7. Indian women of the plains dressing hides. (PI. 52.) 



The first group of the new style made was the group of Kiowa chil- 

 dren at play, equally good in its way, designed some years ago by 

 Mr. James Mooney, of the Bureau of Ethnology, who also planned the 

 group of Navajo silversmiths. Dr. \V. J. Hoffman's "The Primitive 

 Scribe," a Chipi)ewa shaman in his lodge writing an incantation on 

 prepared birchbark, and another of a Crow Indian painting a blanket, 

 are worthv of notice. 



