nations of t()-(la\'. Should I lii-- tlicor\ |)i'o\ <■ tcnahk-, it is ol)\ions thai a 

 coniplctc rcxision of popuhir l)chcl"s as to the nej^ro's rchition to nio<h in 



(•i\ili/,ation wonhl l;(' a necessary 

 consctincncc. Howcx-er tliis may 

 !)(', it was ch-arly essential to eni- 

 pha.>i/.c nietal-work in the African 

 Hall. A i;ronp of neiii-o hlaok- 

 sniith.-, which hail heen in the pos- 

 session of the .M\iseuni for a 

 luuntx-r of years, \\a> <;i\('n a eon- 

 >pieuons phuc in the northern 

 section of the Hall, and in the dec- 

 orative panels o\('rhanii:in.<r the 

 eases, as well as on the pillar> niark- 

 iny tile perimeter of the ( Ongo 

 area, African spear> and hattle-axes, 

 throwing-knives and scimitars were 

 made to predominate. 



Another phase of acti\ ity which 



is not nsnally associatetl nith the 



.\frican race ha- underlying it a 



stro!!g de\('lo])ment of the a-sthctic 



sense, and the new exhihits are likel>' 



to carry conxiction on tin- point. 



The mimhcr of diil'crent types of 



mu>ical instrument.- utilized hy 



CARVED WOODEN VASE. K^sAi DISTRICT tlic iicgroes coiitrasts fuvoruhly 



III iiii> .M-cpuc.iuiliv luautiiul |;i.cc thr ^vitli their relative scarcit\ as e.v- 



morcusual anKi^iarfk.sign in in-.itaticnor ihr hil,it,.,| in other halls. Far more 



interlacinfi strand"; <.f 1 askctwf.rk has lucii ... . , 



tran.sformcri into a lati.rn <,f uraccn.ii.v imposmg, however, is tile array ot 

 curviHi linos decorutixe woodwork and j)ilecl()th 



