COLLECTIONS FROM AFRICA 41 



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 archaeology, 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 Archaeology 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. 

 Caliph . " 



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 

 Collections 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 



