the axfrauc l;iymaii is not likely to associate with the AtVieaii altori^iiics, 

 lint whieh are iiexcftheless in thehi^ihest dej'ree characteristic of thein as 



SMALL SECTION OF AFRICAN HALL 



Ivliioiial Note: l''ri'sc()cs alorit; the t^alliTy al)ovo, a friczf spaniiiiifi Iho distance from 

 pillar to |)illar and colored traiisparoiic-ics in l\w windows produco a strong decorative 

 effe<-t in addition to corrclatiiifi sividly the teclinical exiiiliits in the cases with African life 

 and c.istoms. These plans for the hall are accredited to Director Hermon C. Bumpiis who also 

 is the originator of tlic idea carried out in tliis and in other halls as to the apportionment of 

 space. That is, the space along the east and west sides of tiie African Hall from north to 

 south is destined to indicate the relative geographical distribution of the various tribes 

 around the great heart of Africa, the Congo. So that in walking the length of the hall along 

 the right, and back along the left, one may iJass in review .\frican industry, art and tribal 

 customs as if actually tra\eling north froni the ("ape of (iood Hope to the Mediterranean, 

 east of the Congo, and south again, west of the Congo — in other words, from the Mushmen 

 to the tril>es of the .Nile anil from the Sahara tribes to the Hottentots. .Such a plan gives a 

 forceful and natural arrangement for tlu^ disi)o«ition of any collection of heterogenet)us matc^- 

 rials from a region. The installation of the collections in the cases is the work of Kobert H. 

 Lowii:, Assistant Curator in the Department of xVntliropology. 



