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HALL 18. 
AYER HALL. 
NORTH AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY. 
This hall contains mainly collections illustrating North Ameri- 
can ethnology donated by Mr. Edward E. Ayer. 
Case 1. — Weapons and hunting and fishing implements of 
the Alaskan Eskimo. 
Case 2. — Masks, pipes, boxes, needle-cases and various 
small utensils and carvings of the Alaskan Eskimo. 
Cases 3, 4 ancl 5. — Clothing, implements, utensils, weapons, 
carvings and toys of the Eskimo of North Greenland and the 
shores of Hudson Bay. 
Case 6 . — Carved wooden chests of the Northwest Coast 
Indians. 
Case 7. — Masks, carvings, pipes, gaming apparatus, rattles, 
ornaments and various carvings of the Indian tribes of Alaska and 
British Columbia. 
Case 8 .— Wooden food-trays and spoons of the Northwest 
Coast tribes. 
Case 9.-— Basketry, pouches, drums, carved clubs, bark- 
working implements, trap-sticks, fish-hooks, knives, snow-shoes, 
etc., of the Indian tribes of Alaska and British Columbia and 
the State of Washington. 
Case lO. — Basketry of the Northwest Coast tribes, wooden 
hats, etc. 
Case 11.— Carved, painted and inlaid wooden trays and 
dishes, and horn and wooden spoons of the Northwest Coast 
tribes. 
Case 12. — Richly decorated woolen ceremonial blankets of 
the Chilkat Indians of southern Alaska. 
Case 13- — Selected examples of the basketry of the North- 
west Coast and California tribes. 
Case 14. — Choice series of baskets of the California tribes. 
Case 15. — Clothing, baskets, personal ornaments, etc., of the 
California Indians. 
Case 16.— Robes, clothing, snow-shoes, packing cases, etc., 
of the Cree Indians. 
