Phuloyraph by Rec O. If. St ihli,r.t„<l 



CONGO PYGMIES IN THE DEATH DANCE 



from tlic Kasai I )istrict of the ( 'onuo, the pat t< riis of which occasionally 

 rise to classic beauty of coiiiposition. Kncii tlic ironwork, aside from its 

 excellence from a utilitarian point of \iew. is at times e(|uall\- im|)ressive by 

 the almost incrediiilc \ irtiiosit> of it> oniaiiiciilat ion. The exhibits are thus 

 likely to temper current misunderstandinj^s as to the capacities of the 

 nejrro race and to carry home to a wider pul)lic some of the most funda- 

 mental and now firmly estaltlished conceptions of ethnolo^Mcal science. 



