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accommodate the overflow of unusually 

 developed features. This idea would apply 

 most satisfactorily, for example, in the 

 California area, Avhere a great series of 

 basketry products, so prominent a feature 

 of the ethnology of that region, could be 

 installed in one of the lateral halls (C), the 

 systematic exhibit of the area occupying the 

 full width of A. Or again, in the case of 

 the Mississippi Valley area, the great body 

 of archeological material could be placed 

 in one or more of the side halls in suitable 

 relationship with the central exhibits, which 

 would consist of the systematic ethnic col- 

 lections from that area. 



The floor plan of the installation pro- 

 posed above appears in Fig. 3. The ar- 

 rangement of halls suggested is probably 

 the best that can be made for general cul- 

 ture exhibits. 



Fig. 3. Floor plan of extensive geo-ethnic unit 

 showing overflow into lateral halls, C, C. One full- 

 sized family group and two auxiliary lay-figure 

 groups are provided for besides a large number of 

 associated and auxiliary exhibits. 



It may be asked whether some other ar- 

 rangement of geo-ethnic or of other simple 

 ethnic units may not afford superior facili- 

 ties for examining the whole field of anthro- 

 pological phenomena. If, for example, 



exhibits illustrating the various groups of 

 people in the world should be assembled ac- 

 cording to grade of culture rather than with 

 respect to geographical order, the lowest 

 group taking first place and the others fol- 

 lowing according to culture status, would 

 not the survey of the field be easily and 

 advantageously made? Would one not be 

 able through this arrangement, employing 

 the lay-figure groups and the attendant ex- 

 hibits as before described, to study not only 

 the peoples and compare their culture to 

 good advantage, but to have in orderly 

 view the full range of culture achievement 

 from lowest to highest the world over? 

 This especial concept is illustrated in Fig. 

 4, in which, instead of the lineal arrange- 

 ment, a radiate grouping is suggested. The 

 inner concentric space A coitld be occupied 



Fig. 4. Concentric arrangement of entire ethnic 

 exhibit. 



by the most primitive peoples, the succeed- 

 ing concentric space B by the next higher 

 peoples, and so on out to the periphery, 

 while the various activities would occupy 

 the radial spaces A, B, C, D. These latter 

 would be few in number toward the center 

 where peoples are simple and arts few 

 {a,h,c,d), and numerous farther out where 

 peoples are advanced and activities numer- 

 ous (1, 2, 3, 4). To study a particular 

 people, the visitor would follow the con- 

 centric lines (a, b, c, d; 1, 2, 3, 4), examin- 

 ing each of the activities of that people in 

 turn. To study a particular grade of cul- 

 ture the world over he would follow the 

 same plan. To study a particular branch 



