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ETHNOLOGY AND ARCHEOLOGY OF AMERICA. 
Near the west end of the Court stands a colossal group in 
plaster representing a combat between an Indian hunter and a 
buffalo. On the west side of this is a group of three Indians in 
plaster, engaged in quarrying flint and roughing out the forms of 
implements and utensils; on the south side is a model of the great 
serpent mound, Adams County, Ohio; on the north, the model of 
an ancient fortified hill, Ross County, Ohio, and on the east two 
examples of the earthen altars, found in Ohio mounds, on which 
pearls and other valued articles were sacrificed. 
Next east of these exhibits is a group of large primitive boats, 
and other smaller specimens are suspended above. 
ALCOVES OF THE EAST COURT. 
Alcove 81. — Deposit of nearly 8,000 flint disks found in 
a small mound of the Hopewell Group, Ross County, Ohio. 
Alcove 82. — Model of Turner Group of Mounds, Ohio. 
Model of Clarke’s Works, Ohio. 
Alcove 83. — Antiquities from St. Nicholas Island, Southern 
California, including mortars, mealing stones, perforated stones, 
axes, bone implements, pottery and shell ornaments. 
Alcove 84r. — Mummies, pottery, basketry, sandals, ropes 
and woven articles of the Cliff Dwellers of Utah. 
Alcoves 85, 86 and. 87. — Collections from the Pueblo 
country, ancient and modern, and models of towns and dwellings. 
Alcove 88. — A buffalo-skin lodge of the Cree Indians. 
Alcove 89. — This entrance to the South American exhibits 
is occupied by antiquities from the ancient graves of Peru and 
Chili. These are subject to removal as other collections are 
acquired. 
Alcove 90. — Contains collections of antiquities from the 
southern states, 
