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skulls, this undoubtedly being considered a mark of beauty. It necessitated 
the binding of the head in infancy. 
The wall case at the left of the entrance contains mummy bundles, 
showing the burial customs of the Peruvians. In no part of America are 
found so many and so extensive burial places as in the coast 
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reiki Bis region of Peru. Here were interred countless thousands of 
the ancient dead. In the huacos or graves, with the bodies, 
were placed such articles as had been most useful and highly prized during 
life, and such it was considered would be most serviceable in a future life. 

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PERUVIAN MUMMY BUNDLES AND MUMMY 
The ancient Peruvians wrapped their dead in fabrics of fine linen and wool, then cov- 
ering with a sack of strong cloth. The mummy ‘‘bundle”’ thus produced was often 
given a ‘‘false head” of cloth filled with vegetable fibre. Climatic conditions in Peru 
have preserved these mummies and their wrappings during many centuries 
To this custom we are indebted for no small part of our knowledge of 
the daily life of the ancient Peruvians. From the mummy bundles and 
graves all the objects in the extensive collections in this hall, illustrating the 
civilization of the Incas, have been obtained. The wonderful state of 

