XVI. — ANTHROPOLOGY AND ETHNOLOGY. 139 



XVI. 



ANTHROPOLOGY AND ETHNOLOGY. 



ANTHROPOLOGrY (from the Greek anthropos, man) is the 

 science which treats of our knowledge of the human race. As 

 an animal, man belongs to the Sub-Kingdom Vertebrata, and the 

 Class Mammalia. (See pages 15 and 20.) Viewed in this light, 

 he is represented in the Museum by the series of skeletons and 

 skulls already referred to, but he has also to be considered in 

 relation to his history and development. This section of the 

 subject is known as Ethnology, but only the Ethnology of 

 Australia and the adjacent islands is represented. 



The Ethnological specimens are exhibited in a hall recently 

 opened under the name of the " Ethnological Hall," a room about 

 70 feet long by 30 feet broad, which is entered from the Osteo- 

 logical Hall. The arrangement adopted is mainly geographical — 

 that is, articles from each island or group are placed, as far as 

 possible, in the same or in adjoining cases. Specimens from 

 Australia, New Zealand, and New Guinea are in the gallery, 

 while those from the Islands generally are in cases on the ground 

 floor. A few Egyptian, European, and American specimens are 

 placed in the gallery for comparison, and some interesting relics 

 are in table cases on the ground floor. 



On entering the Hall the visitor is recommended to turn to the 

 risht and examine the collections in the order of the numbers on 

 the cases. 



THE ADMIPvALITY ISLANDS are represented by speci- 

 mens in Case No. 1. The most remarkable are Obsidian 

 (or volcanic glass) Spears and Spear Kacks, ornamented 

 Adze Handles, Bracelets and Armlets made of trochus shells, 

 Dresses and portions of large Canoe Masts. There are some large 

 Drums suspended from the ceiling above the gallery ; above some 



