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of the Bushmen for the African Hall and of the Maori of New 

 Zealand for the South Sea Islands Hall. Will S. Taylor, who 

 has been engaged for some years upon the mural decoration of 

 the Northwest Coast Hall, has continued his work. Besides 

 the six panels now on the walls, two more are ready for hanging 

 and two will be completed in June, when there will remain to 

 be undertaken two small panels and a large panel for the 

 southern end of the hall. Edwin W. Deming has prepared 

 studies for eight large panels intended to illustrate the life of 

 the Indians of the Plains. When funds are secured for the 

 execution of this work, the hall will be rendered much more 

 impressive and instructive. 



Archer M. Huntington has continued to support ethno- 

 logical and archaeological work in the Southwest which this 



_ , year was continued by Herbert J. Spinden 



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, ,. among the T ewa Indians of New Mexico and by 



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N. C. Nelson who was able to complete his 



survey of the ancient villages in the Galisteo valley. This 



work in the Southwest has been planned to coordinate the 



ethnological and archaeological work, by examination of the 



sites of villages occupied in Spanish times, before taking up the 



prehistoric ruins. 



A full-sized Navajo house has been assembled and installed 

 in the large alcove room of the Southwest Hall where it is 

 hoped a group may some time be constructed. An arrange- 

 ment was completed early in the year for the painting of a 

 background for the life-sized Hopi Group. Howard McCor- 

 mick, who was engaged to do the work, has the canvas well 

 under way. The walls of one of the alcove rooms have been 

 prepared for its reception and it is intended to undertake the 

 necessary construction work and the modeling of the figures 

 during the coming year. 



A special exhibition of photographs and paintings of 

 Southwestern Indians and their surroundings was held from 

 February 26th to March 16th, 1913. The paintings were 

 loaned by prominent artists who have recently been studying 

 in the Southwest. Especial interest was shown in the 

 work of Louis Akin loaned by his friends. Mr. Akin, who 

 had been commissioned to make sketches and studies for 



