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FIRST FLOOR 41 
From the East Corridor pass to the North Wing (Hall No. 
108). The visitor, on entering this hall, should first consult the 
key-diagram, from the map accompanying which he Northwest 
will note that the hall contains material illustrating Coast. 
the tribes of the northwestern coast of America and the con- 
tiguous plateau region. The collections from the coast tribes 
have been installed in two series: 
First. A general or synoptic collection of specimens obtained 
from the entire area, designed to illustrate the culture of the 
people as a whole; 
Second. Several independent collections, each illustrating the 
peculiarities of the culture of a single tribe. 
The collection forming the first series occupies three alcoves 
on the north side of the hall. This collection shows: 
(a) Natural products that are of economic value: the vege- 
table kingdom furnishes food and material for manufactures; 
the multitude of objects-made from the cedar, such _ gynoptic 
as blankets, baskets, ropes, boxes, canoes, illustrate Collection. 
the importance of this tree; the animal kingdom provides fish 
for food, horn for manufacture into spoons, skin for blankets, 
wool for weaving, shell for ladles, bone for tools, porcupine-quills 
for purposes of ornament; the mineral kingdom furnishes ma- 
terial for axes, hammers, scrapers and other tools. 
(6) The industries of the people, as illustrated by their work 
in stone: pecked hammers and mortars and polished knives and 
ornaments; their work in wood,—splitting and planing, bent- 
work, carving; their weaving,—baskets, mats and clothing; their 
painting, rope-making and modern metal-work. 
(c) House-furnishings,—principally boxes, dishes and bas- 
kets,—of which there are several examples in Alcove 2. 
(d) Dress and ornament, illustrated by life-sized figures, 
some of which show the custom of wearing labrets and nose- 
(e) Trade and barter,—copper plates used as standards of 
value, and articles that have been imported from the tribes of the 
interior, from the Eskimo and indirectly from more distant 
countries. 
(f) Hunting and fishing,—bows and arrows, spears, fish-hooks, 
