Eskimo, whose culture is based principally upon hunt- 

 ing the seal and the whale. Therefore, the proper note 

 is at once struck in the first exhibit we meet, a life- 

 sized model of an Eskimo hunter, seated in his frail 

 but buoyant kayak, his spear upraised and poised ready 

 to strike his prey. His boat, his costume, the para- 

 phernalia of his trade placed before him on the mini- 

 ature deck, are complete and correct to the last detail. 

 Passing on, we come to other groups illustrating other 

 aspects of their life. They are to be seen cleaning 

 skins, for which they find numerous uses ; laboriously 

 drilling holes in ivory; returning home from hunting 

 with a seal on a sledge which is drawn by huskies. 

 To the left an Eskimo girl is fishing through a hole 

 in the ice. Round about are examples of the skin- 

 clothing they make for themselves, their implements 

 and their utensils. 



Further on we come to the Kwakiutl Indian and 

 a model of his residence. One group is intently playing 

 the Guessing Game. A Cannibal Dancer of the same 

 tribe is a fine study, his fierce emotions being vividly 

 expressed in his face. 



In the next hall the Salish Tribes are represented, 

 who form a cultural link between the tribes of the 

 North West Coast and those of the Woodland area. 

 The house group represents the Indians very busily 

 engaged in their domestic industries of basket and 

 mat making, preparing skins and cooking food. The 

 inevitable baby is slung in a cradle suspended at the 

 end of a long branch. Some of the headgear in the 

 cases around this model might give valuable sugges- 

 tions to a modern milliner in search for the "latest 

 thing" in bonnets. Sauk and Fox Indian homes are 

 shown in blazing summer sun and in winter snows. 



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