THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY 



mens obtained from these remarkable peoples, the visitor 

 should examine the fishskin garments from the tribes of the 

 Amoor River, decorated with elaborate conventionalized 

 designs and geometric patterns, the beautiful bead and em- 

 broidered work, armor worn in warfare by the Koryak, 

 utensils used in manufacturing kumyss by the Yakuts and 

 the many remarkable pieces of inlaid fur work in the form 

 of rugs and articles of dress. Metal work is also well illus- 

 trated by elaborately engraved objects of beaten silver, 

 consisting of girdles, neck pieces, bracelets, earrings and 

 silver-decorated saddles. 



From the ceiling is suspended a walrus-skin boat made 

 by the collectors of a Siberian expedition of this Museum 

 and used by them for thirty-two days in traveling and trans- 

 porting their material from Indian Point to Mariinsky Post, 

 a distance of more than 1,200 miles. Enter the 



WEST WING 

 SHELLS 



" a rose-lipped shell that murmured 

 of the eternal sea " 



Holland. 



Here the visitor will find a fairly exhaustive collection of 

 marine, fresh-water and land shells, showing remarkable 

 contrasts of form and great diversity of ornamentation in 

 the nearly 25,000 species represented. 



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