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INDIANS OF THE SOUTHWEST 



There will also be on view a number of paintings by distinguished artists 

 including some work by the late Louis Akin. This with photographs, 

 sketches and maps will give one the feeling of the Southwest. 



One of the special ethnic groups is here shown in the illustrations. 

 Supplementary to this is a full-sized hogan or Navajo house, shipped to the 

 Museum from the Navajo reservation. This is one of the older types of 

 ceremonial hogan, built upon a foundation of four forked logs, the arrange- 

 ment of which suggests the tipi pole structure among the Crow and some 

 other tribes of Northern Plains Indians. In the near future it is proposed 

 that the interior of this hogan be fitted out with the furnishings of a Navajo 

 home and life-sized figures of the occupants. 



A handbook on the Southwest has just been written by Dr. P. E. 

 Goddard in which are discussed phases of Indian life peculiar to that part 

 of our country. For a long time the Navajo and Pueblo Indians have 

 excelled in decorated pottery and textiles. These arts are rather old 

 because in many ancient ruins are fragments of very fine pottery. Also 

 the early Spanish explorers found the people spinning and weaving cotton. 



Navajo man making turquoise beads (drilling a piece of turquoise matrix with a bow 



drill) 



