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M( h'AL /'Mxrixas 



Mural 

 Decorations 



Tlic mural docoratioiis by Will S. Taylor between the windows on 

 both sides of the hall represent the industries and cere- 

 inouies of tlic Indians of this reji^ion. Those at the north 

 end of the liail by Frank Willx-rt Stokes relate to the 

 l^skiuu) and their country. 



The Kskiino collections aic \h-\\\*x airau'iicd in the adjoinin<i; hallway 

 and corridor. Here is a ^roup showinjz; the Eskimo woman cooking 

 in the interior of a snow liut or ij^loo lined witli sealskin. She is u.sing 

 a stone lain]) filled with seal oil. which feeds the flame over which the 



ESKIMO HOME SCENE 



There are two in-strurtivc groups near the entrance to the Auditorium. In one. a home scene 

 within a "^now house or "igloo." an Eskimo woman is cooking bhibber over the flame from 

 a seal-oil lamp; the other represents an Eskimo woman fishing through the ice. The Museum is 

 rich in Eskimo collections. 



