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HALL 18. 
AYER HALL. 
NORTH AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY. 
This hall contains mainly collections illustrating Xorth 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 and 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. 
