24 FIRST FLOOR, WEST WING 



WEST WING 



Indians of the Southwest 



THE hall to the north is devoted to the Indians of the Southwest, 

 neighbors of the Plains Indians. They comprise those tribes west 

 of the eastern border of the Rocky Mountains living in the south- 

 ern part of Utah and Colorado, in Arizona, in New Mexico and in Northern 

 Mexico. The hall is divided into two main sections: on the 

 n lans o j e ^ are ^ e sec [ en t ar y Indians — the Rio Grande Pueblo, 

 west ^ e P re historic Pueblo Bonito, the Hopi, the prehistoric Cliff 



Dwellers and the Zuni; on the right are the nomadic Indians 

 — the eastern Apache, Apache, Navajo, Pima, and the Indians of Northern 

 Mexico. The sedentary Indians were peaceful and agricultural, made 

 pottery, dwelt in adobe houses and lived from age to age in one location. 

 The nomadic tribes were warlike and hunters, made baskets, lived in tipis 

 of buffalo skin and brush, and moved from place to place since they would 

 not live in an adobe where death had occurred. At the entrance to this 

 hall are models of Indian villages at Acoma and De Taos. An examination 

 Models of °^ * nese wn l &i ye ^ ne visitor a correct idea of the manner of 

 Pueblo living, the character of the houses, churches and kivas, 



Villages of and the lay of the land. The Acoma mesa is near the "En- 

 Acoma and chanted Mesa" so surrounded by mystery. Material col- 

 aos lected from the Acoma tribe is found farther on in the hall 



and is described on p 26. 



On the left in a wall case are shown samples of pottery. This industry 

 was foremost among the sedentary Indians because the question of trans- 

 portation did not have to be considered. Their food pro- 

 Pueblo ducts of corn, beans, squash, cornmeal, bread, etc., are in 

 the next case; and examples of their ornaments, costumes 

 and war implements are shown farther on. 



The Hyde collection of very distinctive black and white pottery in the 

 wall cases on the west is from the prehistoric Pueblo Bonitos. In an adjoin- 

 . . ing case is pottery from Rio Tuleroda, representing a pre- 

 Tribes historic and absolutely unknown tribe. Prehistoric inlaid 



work and remarkable work with turquoise in other cases near 

 belong to the Pueblo Bonito tribe. Sandals, basketry, pottery, bags made 

 of the yucca plant, examples of weaving, and two mummies are from the 

 prehistoric Cliff Dwellers whose houses are represented by models along the 

 wall. A most extraordinary fragment of a blanket remarkable for its 

 texture and design is in a glass frame in one of the cases. 



