The American Museum Journal 



Vol. II. 



JUNE, 1902 



No. 6. 



NEW ETHNIC GROUPS. 



HE life-size ethnic groups illustrating the appearance 

 and culture of the Eskimo, the Indians of the 

 Northwest coast, the Indians of the Plains, etc., 

 are being supplemented by a new series of groups, 

 in miniature but representing more complex 

 scenes. One of these, showing a village of the Thompson River 

 (B. C.) Indians, with the people pursuing various occupations, 

 was pictured in this Journal, Vol. I, No. 10, p. 148. Another of 

 the series shows some Eskimo, their snow dwellings, dogs, sleds, 

 etc. The latest, recently put on exhibition in the Hall of North 

 American Ethnology, represents the Sun Dance of the Arapaho 

 Indians. This is quite an elaborate group, including 200 figures, 

 each about four inches high. It shows a great circular open frame- 

 work lodge, within which the dancers are arranged in a semi- 

 circle, the people crowding around outside the lodge. By means 

 of these small groups scenes of much greater scope than would be 

 possible with life-size groups can be represented accurately and 

 effectively. 



THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF 

 NATURAL HISTORY. 



(Continued.) 



HE Department of Anthropology.— Very soon 

 after the foundation of the Museumi, arch^ological 

 collections from various parts of America began 

 to come in. Their number increased rapidly, and 

 led to the establishment of a special department 

 of the Museum, which was put in charge of Professor Albert S. 



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