EAST COURT. 
ARCHEOLOGY OF AMERICA. 
The Central Floor Space. 
Cases holding important exhibits of figure groups in plaster, 
mound models, etc., surrounded by table cases containing various 
groups of archeological material. The installment of these exhib- 
its cannot be considered permanent, as collections are being added 
from time to time. 
Beginning at the west we have, in the middle line, a group of 
three Indians, executed in plaster, and elaborated with much de- 
tail. They are represented as engaged in the work of quarrying 
bowlders and roughing out stone implements from them. Asso- 
ciated with this group are five cases illustrating the ancient flint, 
copper, soapstone and red pipestone quarries of the United States. 
This case contains a model of the serpent mound, Adams 
county, Ohio, which has recently been embodied in a park under 
the auspices of the Peabody Museum of Cambridge, Mass. 
Twelve table cases on the south side contain interesting and 
valuable collections from Mexico. They illustrate the art in stone, 
clay, metal and bone of the ancient, half- civilized tribes of Yuca- 
tan, Chiapas, Oaxaca and the great plateau of Mexico. 
Costa Rican antiquities, metates, pestles, stone implements 
and carvings. Nicaraguan antiquities, metates, pestles, stone im- 
plements and sculptures. 
ALCOVES OF THE EAST COURT. 
Alcove 81. — Shell heaps. Maine, 
Alcove 82. — Archeology of Illinois. 
Alcove 83. — Archeology of Ohio. 
Alcove 84. — The cases of this alcove are devoted mainly to 
archeologic collections from Wisconsin. 
Alcove 85. — Archeologic collections from Arkansas and other 
southern states. 
Alcove 86. — Antiquities from California, including mortars, 
mealing stones, perforated stones, axes, bone implements, pottery 
and shell ornaments. 
