COLLECTIONS FROM AFRICA 4] 
Mitla and Monte Alban. <A cruciform tomb at Guiaroo, near the ruins of 
Mitla, is shown by a model at this end of the room. The collection of 
goldwork in an adjoining case is very fine. 
SOUTHWEST PAVILION 
PREHISTORIC MAN oF NortH AMERICA 
Continuing west we pass into the Southwest Pavilion likewise given over 
to archeology, in this instance that of North America. Here are examples 
of ancient pottery, arrow-heads, stone axes and other implements of stone 
and bone, mostly from burial mounds. Notice that the arrangement from 
left to right around the hall is by states. Read the label at the entrance 
of this hall. For more complete description read case labels and various 
books of information on the exhibits in this room. [See Guide Leaflet 
No. 2]. 
WEST WING 
COLLECTIONS FROM AFRICA 
Opening to the north from this hall of North American Archeology is 
the hall devoted chiefly to African ethnology although temporarily African 
mammals also are installed here. The installation is geographical, i. e., as 
the visitor proceeds through the hall from south to north he meets the 
tribes that would be found in passing from south to north of Africa, and 
the west coast is represented along the west wall, the east coast along the 
east wall. 
The hippopotamus is the famous “Caliph,” who lived for twenty years 
in the Central Park Zoo and died when he was forty years old. 
He was the largest hippopotamus ever recorded. 
The central portion of the hall is given over to the anthropology of the 
Congo, the collections being largely the gift of Leopold II of 
“Caliph”’ 
Congo 
Peisctions Belgium. The decorative frieze is designed to give an idea of 
the character of the country and again the arrangement of 
the panels is geographical. The window transparencies show scenes of the 
daily life of the people, the thatched houses in which they live, the games 
they play and the clothes they wear. The South African negro is essen- 
tially an agriculturist; both men and women plant and hoe. Maize, 
millet, rice, beans, sweet potatoes and pumpkins are among the products. 
Hunting is no longer common, although among some of the tribes they 
set traps for leopards and lions and hunt the hippopotamus. In one tribe 
