THE BROOKLYN MUSEUM 



Prayer sticks, images, parts of an altar and other objects 

 from the Chukati shrine, an old cave shrine of the Little 

 Fire Society, together with sacrificial war clubs, miniature 

 pottery vessels and other objects taken from shrines, are 

 shown in the succeeding cases. The last case on this side 

 of the hall contains exhibits of Zuni basketry, cooking and 

 other implements, plume boxes and household articles. 



A model of the pueblo of Acoma, a town of the Keres 

 Indians in New Mexico, and the oldest inhabited settle- 

 ment in the United States, is exhibited at this end of the 

 hall, and on the other side of the hall is a model of the 

 Tewa village of Hano. Other exhibits from the Keres and 

 Tewa Indians will be found in Room 3. 



The remaining exhibits in Room 4 are derived from the 

 Hopi, Apache, Navajo and prehistoric cliff-dwelling Indians. 



Those from the Hopi, whose seven towns are located 

 within the Navajo Reservation in Arizona, are at the west 

 end of the hall and consist principally of masks, dolls and 

 implements for games, similar to those of the Zuni, also 

 blankets and wearing apparel, in the weaving, dyeing and 

 embroidering of which the Hopi are particularly skilled. 



Fragments of ancient Hopi masks and potteiy found in 

 a case of the Canon de Chelly are of special interest as 

 showing that it was once occupied by one of the Hopi clans. 



A very large and important collection, from the prehis- 

 toric cliff-dwelling Indians of the Canon de Chelly, occupies 

 the greater number of the cases on the north side of the 

 hall, as well as all the shallow cases on the north wall. 



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