ANTHROPOLOGY 
One of the prominent features of the Eskimo Hall is the mural 
decoration, the funds for which have been generously contributed by 
Mr. Arthur Curtiss James. The paintings on the northern end of the 
hall, but recently completed, are the work of Mr. Frank Wilbert 
Stokes, who, as a member of the Peary Relief Expedition of 1892 and 
of the Peary North Greenland Expedition of 1893 and 1894, made 
careful studies of the Eskimo people and their country. On the 
north wall is the largest picture of the series, a continuous panorama 
sixty feet long, on which is portrayed the artist's conception of the 
Eskimo myth of the "Sun and the Moon." The three panels on the 
east wall represent Eskimo life as it goes on during the Arctic night, 
while three more on the west wall picture it during the long Arctic day. 
In 1908 the Museum sent Dr. Robert H. Lowie to the Athabascan 
region, in the northernmost part of the province of Alberta, Canada, 
a region which had not been investigated and which was not repre- 
sented in the collections. Dr. Lowie secured data on the mythology 
and prehistoric culture of the Chippewyan Indians. 
James Bay and western Labrador were visited by Mr. Alanson 
Skinner on an expedition in 1908. This was the Museum's first ex- 
pedition into this field. An interesting ethnological collection, num- 
bering 149 pieces, was obtained from the Cree Indians, together with 
much new and valuable information regarding their religious and 
social customs. 
MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA 
Archeology 
Through the interest and generous support of the Duke of Loubat 
and the expeditions and purchases of the Museum, the Museum has 
gathered a collection of Mexican and Central American archaeology 
which offers unrivaled opportunities for the study of the ancient 
civilization of this portion of America. 
The exhibition material occupies an entire hall— named the Loubat 
Hall, in honor of the Duke of Loubat. It is arranged to illustrate the 
six different cultures — all pre-Columbian— the Mayan, the Nahuan or 
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