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THIRD FLOOR, SOUTHWEST WING 



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 



Mummy Te ^ on f Peru. Here were interred countless thousands of 



Bundles ^ ^-^ (]( ,. i( , [n ,,„, /,„„,.,„. or graveSj w ith the bodies, 



were placed such articles as had been most useful and highly prized, during 

 life, and such it was considered would he most serviceable in a future life. 



PERUVIAN MUMMY BUNDLES AND MUMMY 



The ,,„,,,„, Peruvians wrapped their dead in fabrics of (in, linen and wool, thencov- 

 „, n J ith a S ack of strong cloth. The mummy "bundle" thus produced — often 

 I ™ T lU, head" of cloth ailed with vegetable abre. Climatic conditions m I em 

 have preserved these mummies and .heir wrappings during many centuries 



To this custom we are indebted for no small part of our knowledge of 

 the dailv life of the ancient Peruvians. Pn-m the mummy bundles and 

 .raves all the objects in the extensive collections in this hall, illustrating the 

 civilization of the Eneas, have been obtained. The wonderful state ol 



