large, original tipi. Extensive collections of clothing, buffalo 
robes, hide bags, pouches, beadwork, porcupine-quill work, 
shields, weapons, feather ornaments, games, and objects of 
ceremonial use, are shown from nearly all Plains tribes. 
Their principal religious observances are typified by two 
altars of the Sun Dance — one of the Cheyenne, the other of 
the Arapaho; further, by miniature groups of the Thunder 
Ceremony, the sacrifice of a captive maiden, the animal dance 
of a medicine man, and the purification of the sacred bundles 
on the part of the Pawnee. 
Hall 6: Indian Tribes of California and Nomadic Tribes 
of Arizona and New Mexico. — The California tribes occupy 
the west half of the hall, being adequately represented by 
exhibits of ordinary and ceremonial costume, dance skirts and 
aprons, ornaments, implements, weapons, baskets, and games. 
Life-size figures of two Porno medicine men, one conjuring 
seed, another holding a ceremony over the deceased, stand in 
the west entrance of the hall. A remarkable collection of 
Navaho blankets is on view in the southeast section of the 
hall. 
Hall 7: Sedentary Tribes of Arizona and New Mexico. — 
The chief representative of this group are the Hopi of Ari- 
zona, whose religious and ceremonial life is brought out with 
great care and detail. At the west entrance are placed a 
life-size group showing the interior of a Hopi home with 
various domestic pursuits, the figure of a Hopi bride, and a 
Hopi boomerang thrower, followed by two life-size groups 
representing Katcina dancers in costume. Accurate repro- 
ductions of Hopi altars, as erected in the yearly ceremonies 
of the tribe, are displayed in thirteen cases. Models of the 
pueblos of Walpi and Hano also are noteworthy. The series 
of Hopi tihus (images representing deities and given to girls) 
is no less remarkable and instructive. 
Hall 8: Mexico, Central and South America. — The collec- 
tions displayed in this hall illustrate both the ethnology and 
the archaeology of the Indians of all America south of the 
United States. The ethnological material, chiefly coming 
from South America, is installed in the southwest part of 
the hall. On the opposite side, in the northwest section, are 
found the collections illustrating the archaeology of Mexico. 
Antiquities of Central America are displayed in the south- 
east portion. The archaeology of Peru and Argentina is 
shown mainly in the northeast section. This group is of 
exceptional interest, consisting mainly of mummies and fine 
textiles from the prehistoric graveyard at Ancon, Peru. 
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