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country is that of the Peabody Museum at Cambridge, and a series 

 is here shown from that institution illustrating the finds from the 

 now famous localities in New Jersey, Ohio, Delaware, etc. Of con- 

 siderable importance is the small, carefully selected, and neatly 

 displayed collection from the Canadian Institute of Toronto, which 

 is rich in rare forms of bird amulets, gorgets of striped slate, 

 pipes of stone, and bone implements. The State Historical So- 

 ciety of Missouri exhibits a handsome series of the white chert 

 implements so characteristic of that district, as also hematite ob- 

 jects and fine mound potteries. In cases near by is a magnificent 

 series of Wisconsin copper implements — spear-points, knives, ar- 

 rowheads, etc. — partly displayed by the State Historical Society 

 and partly private property. Colorado sends a considerable dis- 

 play of cliff-dwelling relics. Of prime importance is Mr. Warren 

 K. Moorhead's gathering from the mounds of Ohio. Mr. Moor- 

 head was sent by the Exposition management to the district ren- 

 dered classical for American archaeology by the work of Squier 

 and Davis. He was successful beyond all expectation, and here 

 are gathered the results of his excavations — hundreds of spool- 

 shaped ear ornaments of copper, mica ornaments, wonderful 

 blades of obsidian from altar mounds, stone pipes, thousands of 

 chert disks from one mound, a find of copper ornaments surpass- 

 ing any ever found before in American mounds, an antler-form 

 headdress unique in shape and character. Besides these, Mr. Moor- 

 head has made a reconstruction of one of the very interesting stone 

 graves of Fort Ancient, with the skeleton in its proper position. 

 In connection with this important series it should be mentioned 

 that Prof. Putnam has near it several models of important mounds, 

 the most interesting representing the famous serpent mound of 

 Adams County, the preservation of which is due to an interest 

 aroused by Prof. Putnam in the ladies of Boston. The model 

 aims to reproduce not only the mound itself, but also the topog- 

 raphy and conditions of the surrounding country. 



Of foreign countries, several are represented in this building 

 by collections, ethnographic or archasological. The explorations 

 of Charnay, of the Peabody Museum, and others in Yucatan, 

 Honduras, etc., are illustrated by a magnificent series of direct 

 reproductions in plaster. The wonderful wall carvings of Loril- 

 lard City, the zapote wood carvings of Tikal, the strange mono- 

 liths of Copan, are all here to be seen, true to life ; elegant photo- 

 graphs and fine enlargements, the result of Mr. Saville's recent 

 work in those districts, represent Uxmal, Labnah, and Chichen- 

 Itza accurately. With this wonderful series from Yucatan and 

 its neighborhood is Mrs. NuttalFs interesting exhibit of Aztec 

 shields. It will be remembered that this lady recently discovered 

 in the old castle of Ambras an ancient Mexican feather-covered 



