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Alcove 91. — The cases of this alcove are devoted to archae- 
ologic collections from Wisconsin, and to a series of exhibits il- 
lustrating the quarrying, mining and implement-making indus- 
tries of the early inhabitants of Ohio, Indian Territory, Arkansas. 
Michigan, Minnesota and the District of Columbia. 
Alcove 92. — On the wall are reproductions of ancient Mex- 
ican shields. In the wall case are numerous articles of clay and 
stone from various parts of North America. The floor cases con- 
tain collections from the mounds of Ohio, from the shell heaps of 
Maine and village sites in New Jersey. 
Alcove 93.— An interesting group of articles and objects 
from the Indians of the Northwest Coast. The case standing on 
the west side of the entrance contains several richly ornamented 
ceremonial blankets made of mountain goat wool and cedar bark 
obtained from the Indians of Chilkat, Alaska; besides these are 
painted skin robes and various bark fabrics. The case on the 
east side contains a number of Chilcat blankets and a variety of gar- 
ments, mats, etc., made of cedar bark and nets and fishing imple- 
ments of the Kwakiutl Indians. 
Against the walls are numerous examples of the remarkable 
carved posts of the Northwest Coast tribes. Occupying the cen- 
ter of the west side are two carved and painted house posts of the 
Kwakiutl Indians, the figures representing personages connected 
with the myth of the clan. The lower figures represent fabulous 
beings; the small heads on the south post represent slaves which 
were given in payment for the carvings. Across the top of these 
posts rests the beam which supports one end of the main roof 
beam of the house; the other end rests on a post placed at the 
back of the house and seen against the western portion of the 
south wall. On the sides of the west wall are two smaller posts 
from the interior of a Belacoola house. In the middle of the east 
wall is a large heraldic column from Belacoola, representing a 
grizzly bear; on each side, house-posts from Nanaimo, British 
Columbia. The northern one represents a man holding a goose; 
the southern one represents a fabulous xoalxol. At the back on 
the east side is a heraldic column forming the entrance to a Bela- 
coola house. 
Alcove 94, — The prow of a canoe of the Haida Indians 
ornamented with totemic figures is set against the wall. Models 
of houses of Indians of Cape Flattery and Vancouver Island 
occupy the floor space. 
