
1S FIRST FLOOR, SOUTH CENTRAL WING 
utensils and bonework. Notice how many of the utensils, weapons and 
clothing are made from the skin or bone of the seal, walrus and other 
Arctic animals. The case marked “ Eskimo Woman Cooking” shows a 
section of the interior of a snow hut or igloo lined with seal- 
Eskimo 
: skin, the mother preparing the food in a primitive stone ves- 
Collections preparing i 
sel, heated by flame from seal oil in the stone lamp below. 
The opposite case shows an Eskimo woman fishing through the ice. She 
has formed a windbreak with blocks of ice. The fish-rod and hook, and 
the long ladle are made of bone, and with this latter she keeps the water 
in the hole from freezing over while she is fishing. 
The mural decorations of Arctic scenery are by Frank Wilbert Stokes, 
and the legend depicted on the main canvas over the door is 
given in full in Guide Leaflet No. 30; the mural decorations 
illustrating the industries of British Columbia and Alaska 
are by Will S. Taylor. 
The doorway at the north end of the hall leads to the Auditorium which 
Mural 
Decorations 
has a seating capacity of 1400, and is equipped with two screens, 25 feet 
square, for stereopticons. Free public lectures are given 
here Tuesday and Saturday evenings from October to May 
under the auspices of the Board of Education. There are also free lectures 
on public holidays, and special lectures for Members of the Museum as well 
as lectures for school children. 
Auditorium 
At the end of the corridor is the power room where may be seen demon- 
strated the transformation of the potential energy of coal 
Power Room . ; : 
into heat, light and motion. 
[Return to the Jesup Memorial Statue.| 
WEST CORRIDOR 
To the right or west of the Jesup statue are three halls devoted to 
Indian collections. To reach these the visitor passes 
through the West Corridor containing the Ward-Coonley 
collection of meteorites which numbers 603 “falls” and 
Ward-Coonley 
Meteorites 
is the most complete collection of meteorites in the world. 

