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dation of such serious local students as may find their prob- 

 lems in our collections. We are particularly in need of some 

 equipment for facilitating the work of serious students of 

 primitive art and designing, for this is one of the angles from 

 which we can best serve a large interest in the community. 



Under the general supervision of Curator Goddard the de- 

 velopment of the exhibition halls has been satisfactory. The 

 large habitat group for the Apache, a compan- 

 H d*i5 t G i roups io n to the great Hopi group completed last year, 

 is in the final stages of construction and should 

 be ready for presentation early next year. The artists are 

 Mr. Howard McCormick and Mr. Mahonri M. Young. The 

 Jesup North Pacific Hall has been improved by removing the 

 Eskimo collections to the adjoining corridor and extending 

 the magnificent collections from the Coast tribes to all parts 

 of the hall. This makes a unitary treatment possible. Mr. 

 Will S. Taylor has completed the last of the side-wall panels. 

 These paintings represent twelve typical cultural scenes: Se- 

 curing Whales for Food— Nootka; Salmon Fishing — Kwa- 

 kiutl; Gathering Bark for Food— Bella Coola; Preparing Fish 

 Oil— Tsimshian ; Building a Canoe— Haida; Weaving a Blan- 

 ket— Tlingit; Dancing to Cure the Sick — Tlingit; House- 

 Building Ceremony— Haida ; Dog- Eating Ceremony— Tsim- 

 shian; Welcoming Visitors— Bella Coola; Potlatch Ceremony 

 — Kwakiutl; A Betrothal— Nootka. These are in fact equiva- 

 lent to an equal number of habitat groups, for they give not 

 only typical phases of cultural activity but faithfully reflect the 

 geographical environment in which these interesting Indians 

 worked out their careers. 



A special donation by Mr. Percy R. Pyne provided for the 

 preliminary work upon a large New Zealand habitat group, in 

 which will be shown a fortified village with its natural settings 

 and home life. Miss Frances Del Mar, one of the artists en- 

 gaged for this work, went this year to, New Zealand, where 

 sketches and studies were made covering the phases of native 

 life needed in the composition. We are ready to proceed with 

 the construction as soon as the proper authorization is given. 



