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out of the smoke hole, and a clay lamp for lighting the pipe and other like domestic 

 purposes. In the house were the lay figures of a man and of a woman, in full native 

 costume, the latter tending the fire, the former watching her movements and lighting 

 his pipe. Around the different parts of the room were such furniture as would be 

 found in a native hut. As the plan of this structure was given by one who had spent 

 along time in the country, the details were quite accurate. 



Associated with this group and mounted in separate sliding-screen cases were 

 shown a large number of objects connected with the life of the Eskimo. 



Case No. 1, fronting tlie group, contained masks, carved from driftwood and orna- 

 mented with feathers, such as are used in the dramas of the Eskimo during the long 

 winter season, when the sun has left the Arctic region. On the back of this same 

 case were shown examples of the needlework of the Arctic tribes, including beaded 

 work from Greenland, exhibiting the Scandinavian influence — a complete suit for a 

 man, made of different furs cut in strips, which were inserted to produce various 

 pleasing patterns; a full suit of man's clothing from Ungava, north of Labrador, 

 made of reindeer skin, the hair being removed; a deerskin suit for winter wear, 

 made from the skin of the caribou with the hair on. 



Case No. 2 contained an exhibit of the various types of basketry in Alaska and 

 on the Pacific coast of America southward to the borders of the United States. 



Case No. 3 was devoted to the work of the Eskimo and their neighbors, in skins 

 and other animal products, such as workbags for women, tobacco pouches, tool bags, 

 belts, made from the skins of seals and other animals, with or without the fur, and 

 also from the intestines of the seal, sewed with sinew and decorated with feathers 

 and worsteds. 



Case No. 4 illustrated the traveling devices of the Eskimo. Suowshoes of coarse 

 texture used by the tribes farthest north and in out-of-the-way places, and those 

 with footing of sinew, finely twisted and woven, similar to those in use by the 

 Athapascan tribes in the neighborhood, were shown ; also models of boats in two 

 types, the kaiak, or hunting canoe, and the umiak, or woman's boat. There were 

 also to be seen in this case the tools used by the Eskimo in digging in the ice and 

 removing snow and broken ice. 



On the opposite side to that in which the Eskimo material was installed was the 

 Pueblo collection. The chief exhibit in this area was a group showing several 

 Moki females grinding corn and making bread. (Case No. 5.) In association with 

 this group of breadmakers were examples of the objects used in the industrial and 

 social life of the Tnsayan and other Pueblo people. 



Case No. 6 was devoted to the display of the various kinds of weaving employed 

 in the Pueblo region. 



Case No. 7 contained examples of pottery from Pueblos in New Mexico and Arizona, 

 and showed a variety of shapes, colors, and decorations in cups, bowls, vases, and 

 animal forms. 



Case No. 8. On one side was exhibited (in comparison and contrast with the tex- 

 tile art of the Pueblo tribes) the bead work and substitutes for textile work among 

 tribes on the eastern side of the Rocky Mountains, including work on soft buckskin, 

 on the surface of hard leather, on flannel and other cloths of European manufacture, 

 and finally beadwork forming part of the textile art ; that is, in which the beads are 

 not laid on the surface of another substance, but form a part of the fabric, so that 

 the same figure is shown on both sides, as in a piece of stained glass. 



In front of this case was arranged a collection of Moki gods and dolls and head- 

 dresses connected with their religious services; also sacred blankets and wrappings, 

 wands and shields, associated with the intricate and dramatic worship of these 

 Pueblo tribes. 



On the wall above these exhibits were to be seen ornamental shields of wood on 

 which were set large collections of Eskimo and African weapons, ornamental paddles 

 of the North Pacific coast Indians, and other decorative objects. 



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