INDIANS OF THE SOUTHWEST 



SPECIAL EXHIBITION OPENED FEBRUARY 27 AT THE MUSEUM 

 NAVAJO BLANKETS, PUEBLO POTTERY, PAINTINGS BY DIS- 

 TINGUISHED ARTISTS, TO ILLUSTRATE THE LIFE OF 

 INDIANS IN NEW MEXICO AND ARIZONA 



FOR several years the Museum has been engaged in the study of the 

 Indians of the Southwest in the course of which larger collections 

 were made than can be exhibited at one time. The field work was 

 provided for by Mr. Archer M. Huntington. In addition to the col- 

 lections made under this grant, are . - v ; .*_ 

 shown the J. Pierpont Morgan Navajo 

 textile collection and the Anson W. 

 Hard collection of Mexican serapes. 

 The permanent exhibit of material 

 from the former Hyde expeditions is 

 also on view. This exhibition will 

 make it possible for those interested 

 in the anthropology of the Southwest 

 to study intensively the many char- 

 acteristic phases of cultuie peculiar 

 thereto. 



Pounding one of the Mexican silver dollars from which Navajo jewelry is made. The 

 silver-beater has on a velvet blouse and white cotton trousers, a costume much worn by 

 Navajo men. The silver is shaped by pounding, then ornamented by stamping with steel 

 dies. Finger rings, bracelets, necklaces and large oval disks for belts are the objects more 

 commonly made for Navajo use 



The Navajo girl is carrying in her shawl the baby brother too large for the cradle-board 



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