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 



tuines, 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 

 woodwork ornaments. 



The collections deal mainly with the every-day life of the modern 

 Chinese and have a special value, as they were made just before the 

 sweeping changes of the la.st 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 



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