THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY 



In the front of the Tower Room stands a life-size cast of 

 a Maori warrior, posed in an attitude of defiance, on the 

 largest block of jade in any museum in the world. Within 

 the Tower are specimens of Maori carvings, clothing and 

 tools, together with a remarkable collection of the tattooed 

 heads of ancient Maoris. The heads are thirty-five in num- 

 ber and illustrate all the different styles of the art of tat- 

 tooing as practised among these peoples prior to 1831, when 

 it was forbidden by the British Government. 



The remainder of the hall contains specimens from the 

 Melanesians of New Hebrides, New Caledonia, New Ire- 

 land, New Britain, Admiralty, Solomon and New Guinea 

 Islands. In these exhibits the sacred carvings and masks 

 from New Ireland and the grotesque shields and ceremo- 

 nials from New Guinea are especially noteworthy. Enter 

 the 



WEST WING 



PHILIPPINE ISLANDS 



Through the center of this hall will be found, first the 

 model of an Igorot woman weaving on a native loom, next 

 the model of a typical house of the better class, then a full- 

 sized outrigger canoe, a water filter with jars and rack and 

 lastly one of the tree-houses of the Lake Lanao Moros. 



The visitor should now examine the exhibits on the right 

 or east side of the hall. 



The Negrito collection is first. These pygmy peoples are 

 believed to be descended from the first inhabitants of the 



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