

SOUTHWEST PAVILION 
CHINESE AND SIBERIAN COLLECTIONS 
If we pass on into the hall at the extreme west end of the building, we 
find collections from eastern and northern Asia. The arrangement is 
geographical. Specimens illustrating the culture, indus- 
tries, religion, and manufactures of China are on the 
left; others showing the mode of living, the costumes, 
and the war implements of Siberia are on the right. The furwork, cos- 
Collections 
from Asia 

ANCIENT CHINESE BRONZES 
tumes, and rugs of the people of East Siberia reveal remarkable skill in 
workmanship. Two models show respectively summer and winter 
scenes in Siberia. A small model in one of the cases to the left shows the 
manner of making pottery. A series of frames in the rear contain pieces 
of various kinds of fabrics and patterns illustrating weaving and wood- 
work ornaments. ; 
The collections deal mainly with the everyday life of the modern 
Chinese and have a special value, as they were made just before the 
sweeping changes of the last few years took place. These abolished 
many of the customs in which these objects were used; for example, 
the series of weapons and objects showing the tests to which a soldier 
was submitted on entering the army have been rendered obsolete 
by the introduction of modern weapons and tactics.. Bamboo, porce- 
lain, basketry, inlaid work, cloisonne enamel, agricultural implements, 
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