.vA'ir MiiiAL i>.ii.\'n.\(;s imi 



w caxcrs, carNcrs, l)askct iiiakcrs and canoe luiildcrs w liosc works arc j,'at IhtciI 

 l(>i,M'llifr ill this Hall of tlic North Pacific Coast pcoijics. 



'I1ic arraiii^ciiicnt of the Hall is plaiiiu'd in such a manner that the mate- 

 rials are dixided into si'xcn arl)itrar\' ii;roiips represeiitati\(' of the \arioiis 

 tribes from the ( 'olumttia Kixcr to Mount McKiiiley. The 'riiii<,n1 materials 

 from the coast of Alaska occupy a space near the northern end, one section 

 illustratiiii,'- the material industries, another the social affairs and cere- 

 monials. The collection from the Ilaida people who occupy the country 

 iiniiHMliately south of the Tliiiuit. iiichidiiii,^ the (■^ueeii ('harlotte's Islunds, 

 follow and are arran^icd similarly. In like manner succcimI the exhibits 

 of the Tsimshian, Bella ('oola, KwakiutI, Xootka and the southern coast 

 Sali.sh peoples; while the new mural decorations are so placed that those 

 opposite each exhibit represent the ireneral cliaracteristics of the country 

 from which the Museum collections came. 



Till-. FIRST FAINTING 



77/r Bhuihrl ll'rarrr.s 



The Hrst of Mr. Taylor's series of mural paintings is |)lace(l on the west 

 Wall of the space occupied by the Tlin^it collections. He has chosen for 

 the subject of this decoration the rapidly disa])pearin<i' art of tlie ( hilkat 

 bhinket maker. The oriuiii of this type of wool weaving is attributed to 



A.s many a.s pos.sibk' ()(■ the .ski'tclii'.s witc luudc in sn^li^'lll in oi-cln- hcilcr In rn(lu( 

 om-of-door t'trect.s when painting the dcrorations iaiir 



