7‘2 FIELD MUSEUM OE NATURAL HISTORY 
Case 17. — A collection of silver jewelry which contains 
many beautiful designs and fine examples of the ingenuity dis- 
played by the oriental silversmiths in joining together the sim- 
ple parts which united make a symmetrical whole. 
The silver-work is from the cities of Gujarat, Rajputana, 
Amritsar, the Deccan District, Lahore,, and Bombay. 
Case 18.^ — Examples of silver jewelry, and jewelry of base 
metal worn by the lowest caste. The latter while quite heavy 
is artistically designed, the ornamentation differing from that 
employed in silver and gold work. 
Jewelry of base metal mostly from the state of Gwalior. 
Case 19. — Antique jewelry from Bulgaria. Thibetan jewelry. 
The latter includes breast ornaments made of gold, silver and 
turquoise, and a large collection of finger rings and necklaces. 
Case 20. — Additional examples of Thibetan jewelry, chiefly 
breast ornaments and necklaces. Collection of Egyptian jew- 
elry, mostly gold. Collection of Etruscan jewelry. Pompeiian 
necklace. 
Cases 21 and 22. — Silver and enameled jewelry from Algiers, 
Africa. 
Cases 23 and 24. — Remarkable collection of aboriginal Amer- 
ican jewelry, found in various parts of Colombia and Ecuador, 
South America. The collection consists for the most part of 
objects used for personal adornment. It exhibits surprising 
ability of workmanship in metals and knowledge of alloying. 
Alcove 105. 
Case 25. — Coins of gold, electrum, silver, bullion, potin, 
aluminum, nickel, bronze, copper, brass, iron, tin, lead, glass, 
porcelain, and paper, illustrating the metallurgy of coinage. 
Case 26. — Collection illustrating folk lore of precious stones. 
A large number of specimens showing gems and other mineral 
or organic substances to which healing or talismanic virtues 
were ascribed. 
Alcove Walls. — Shield of steel and gold (5 feet by 8 feet) 
upon which are illustrated scenes in the Norse legend of Frithiof 
and Ingeborg. 
Bronze group : Lafayette and Washington, by Bartholdi, the 
eminent French sculptor. 
