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the Federal Government. All these exhibits are installed in a newly 

 constructed permanent building simulating an Aztec temple erected 

 in the Exposition grounds. They are distributed over the single 

 floor of the building, the area of which is 170 by 150 feet. The space 

 assigned to the Smithsonian Institution is 38 feet long by 13 feet 

 wide, and is situated along the wide wall to the wxst or right of the 

 main entrance. 



The limited allotment of space and money for the participation of 

 the Smithsonian Institution in the Exposition precluded the prepara- 

 tion of either a general exhibit of all Smithsonian activities or a 

 complete exposition of any single activity. A small exhibit was, 

 therefore, prepared to indicate some of the ethnological work of the 

 Institution in the Southwest. 



The space is arranged in the form of a rectangular alcove, the 

 sides of which are exhibition cases 12 feet deep by 9 feet wide. For 

 the rear wall area there was designed a pictorial map of the South- 

 west, 8 by 6 feet in size. TMs was painted by Benson B. Moore, 

 of Washington, D, C, in old cartographic style and portrays the 

 journeys of the Spanish explorer, Coronado, in the Southwest in 

 1540-1543, together with many sites of modern explorations made 

 in this area by the Institution. 



According to the historic record of his explorations, Coronado 

 first contacted the Apache Indians and subsequently conquered the 

 Zufiis. In the exhibition cases flanking the map, therefore, there 

 are installed life-size habitat groups of these tribes; the Apache 

 family group of five figures on the left flank and the Zufii family 

 group of eight figures on the right flank — all dressed in original cos- 

 tumes from the National Museum collections. Landscapes typical 

 of the country in which these tribes live are painted on the closed 

 sides of the cases and form realistic backgrounds for the groups. 

 These paintings were executed by Richmond I. Kelsey, of San Diego, 

 Calif. A descriptive label for each group is mounted on the rear 

 wall in the space between the map and exhibition case. A third 

 label records briefly the Institution's history and activities. 



The Exposition was still open at the close of the year and was 

 expected to remain open at least until November 1935. 



EXPLORATIONS AND FIELD WORK 



Although still considerably hampered in its field operations by 

 lack of funds, the Institution conducted or took part in 20 expedi- 

 tions, 7 more than in the previous year. Secretary Abbot and his 

 colleagues continued the study of the radiation of the sun, both at 

 Washington and at the three field stations. Table Mountain, Calif., 

 Mount Montezuma, Chile, and Mount St. Katherine, Egypt. Dr. 



