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by small scale models ; Case E, their hunting 

 weapons, traps and snares; Case F, their 

 fishing implements and apparatus ; Case G, 

 their knives and other tools of general use ; 

 Case H, their lamps ; Case I, their carvings 

 and graphic art ; Case J, their clothing and 

 (a) 



Aborigines of Nortli America 

 The Eskimo 



personal ornaments in detail ; Case K, their 

 toys, dolls and masks ; and so on. A reason- 

 able space should be devoted to crania, 

 casts from life, and pictures showing phys- 

 ical characters. Such archeological ma- 



terial as pertains to the region should also 

 be shown. Where there are striking 

 distinctions between the northern, the cen- 

 tral and the Labrador group of these Es- 

 kimo, duplicate exhibits should be installed 

 and separate lay figi;res of men, women and 



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The Eastern Eskimo 

 Family Group of Smith Sound 



children prepared to illustrate important 

 variations in physique and costume. The 

 manner of arranging the specimens of the 

 severar exhibits in their cases is necessarily 

 much varied, and it does not seem advis- 



FAMILY GROUP OP THE SMITH SOUND ESKIMO. 

 TYPE OF THE EASTERN ARCTIC REGION. 



This exhibit sliows an Eskimo family of Smith Sound, in north- 

 western Greenland. The Smith Sound Eskimo are called the Arctic 

 Highlanders and are the most northern people in the known world. 

 On account of the prevalence of ice they do not have the kaiak, or skin 

 canoe, but use the dog sled for trans- 

 portation. Their clothing is from skins 

 of seal, reindeer, birds and dogs, and 

 their houses are of snow. Nearly all of 

 their activities are associated with the 

 struggle for existence, and little atten- 

 tion is given to art work. 



This group represents the family as 

 it might appear in the spring, moving 

 across the ice fields. The young man 

 has succeeded in clubbing a small seal, 

 and the others are having a laugh at 

 his expense for calling on the dog team 

 to haul it home when he could have car- 

 ried it on his back. It is remarkable 

 that these farthest north people are ex- 

 ceptionally cheerful in disposition, not- 

 withstanding the rigor of the climate 

 and the hardships of their life. The woman who carries a babe in her 

 hood is about to help attach the seal to the sledge; and the girl who 

 plays with the dogs, and the boy who clings 'to the back of the sledge, 

 enjoy the confusion of the young hunter. 



Designed by W. H. Holmes; modeled by H. J. Ellicott. 



