September 26, 1902.] 



SCIENCE. 



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bling our ethnical collections by geographic- 

 al areas, and it only remains to indicate in 

 some detail how these collections are to be 

 grouped and displayed in the museum. 



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Fig. 6. Geo-ethnic unit. A, Lay-figure group, 

 case 8 by 12 feet; B, House models; C, Boat 

 models ; D, Sledge models, harness, snow-shoes, etc. 



In the accompanying diagram (Fig. 6) 

 we have a scheme for arranging one of the 



6), showing how the people look and, as 

 far as possible, what they think and do 

 and have. This is the key to the ex- 

 hibit—the most essential feature, and one 

 from which the most casual observer can 

 get a definite conception of the people and 

 their culture. The particular episode de- 

 picted in the group, shown in Pig. 7, was 

 selected for the purpose of illustrating, 

 amongst other things, the cheerful dispo- 

 sition of those farthest-north people. Then 

 ranged around this group should be eases 

 containing everything that will serve to 

 indicate more fully and accurately the na- 

 ture of their activities and culture. Case B 

 should contain models of the various forms 

 of dwellings — the snow-house, the earth- 

 covered hut and the improvised shelter, 

 with all varieties of attendant structures: 



Fig. 7. Lay-figure family group of Greenland Eskimo. 



geo-ethnic units. The area selected is that 

 of the Eastern Eskimo (area 1 on the map) . 

 In the center of the exhibition hall we 

 place the group of life-size figures, A (Fig. 



Case C, models of their boats, while actual 

 examples may be placed near at hand if 

 space permits ; Case D, their sledges, snow- 

 shoes, etc., the sledges represented mainly 



