I'ortioii ol ti-anspari'ticy in 

 Al'rican Hall. Tlie shaved head 

 and ahimdant neck and ear orna- 

 mciits arc typical of Kast Africa 



row of cases and the windows is to !)<■ dedi- 

 cated to East Africa. Mere, as tliroii^liout 

 the perimeter of the ( 'on^'o area, spears, 

 shields, battle axes and other specimens are 

 <j,rouj)ed on pillai's or fastened in frames al)()\"e 

 the cased material from the same territory. 



.\ ratherno\'el device was hit upon to illus- 

 trate ])hases of natixc life such as can 

 scarcely e\er he represented adecjuatclx hy 

 actual specimens. Thus, the pastoral life of 

 the Masai is not clearly shown hy an exhi- 

 liition of milk jufis, and the crossing of a river 

 on a nati\'e bridge cannot be very vi\idly 

 jjresented to a xisitor by a cased section of 

 the bridge. Similarly, the necessarily piece- 

 meal installation of garments and objects of 

 personal adormnent from some district hardly 

 ])ermits the construction of a ])icture of the 

 fully-dressed warrior. .Vccordiiigly, there was 

 obtained a large series of staiidai'd ])h()to- 

 graphs illustrating various asj)ects of African 

 culture; from these, colored enlargements on 

 glass were ])rej)are(l, and i)laced in the lower 

 window frames as transparencies. These 

 trans])arencies, which embrace in scope the 

 • ■ntire African continent, supplementing the 

 material on exhibition, an' likely to cou\'ey 

 to the general public a clearer an<l more 

 impressive pietin-e of aboriginal .\frican cul- 

 ture than could otherwise be hoped for. 



So far as the exhibition of the material 

 itself is concerned, especial care was taken 

 to emphasize certain broad features which 



