140 FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY 
Brooklyn Institute Museum, Eskimo material from the American 
Museum of Natural History of New York City, a large num- 
ber of skulls from the Ontario Archaeological Museum, an 
archaeological collection from the British Museum, a collection 
of . shields from the United States National Museum, and a large 
collection of Brazilian material from the Museum fur Volker- 
kunde of Berlin. 
Placement of Collections. — The Department occupies the 
North Court, the east alcoves of the South Court, the north 
alcoves of the West Court, Halls 30, 31 and 34 in the northwest 
quarter of the building, all of the east half of the building, in- 
cluding nearly all of the East Annex, and the east and south 
galleries of the East Court. The more precious exhibits of the 
Department, especially those of gold, are installed in Hall 32. 
The North Court is occupied mainly by collections illustrat- 
ing the archaeology of Europe. 
The east alcoves of the South Court are devoted to overflow 
collections of North American ethnology. 
The East Court and its alcoves contain groups of exhibits 
relating to North and South American archaeology. 
Hall 9 is filled with Egyptian antiquities, and halls on the 
north side (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7), and the entire southeast sec- 
tion (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18) are devoted to the 
ethnology of America. Hall 18, or Ayer Hall is devoted espe- 
cially to collections which pertain exclusively to the tribes of the 
Great Plains. Hall 1 is to be devoted to collections from the 
Mission Indians. Hall 2 is devoted to Sauk and Fox and Iro- 
quois tribes. Hall 3 is occupied by exhibits from the tribes of 
the Columbia River and adjacent regions; Hall 4 is occupied by 
collections from the Eskimo ; Hall 5 contains overflow collec- 
tions from the Plains hall and is devoted exclusively to the 
Algonkin tribes of the Plains. Hall 6 is devoted to the non- 
pueblo tribes of the southwest, namely, the Navaho, Apache and 
tribes of Piman and Yuman stocks. Hall 8 contains archaeological 
collections from the Southwest. 
The east alcoves of the South Court and Halls 10, 11, 12, 
13, 14 and 15 contain collections from the Northwest Coast. 
Halls 16 and 17 are devoted to the Hopi Indians of the South- 
west, and with Hall 8 represent the results of the Stanley Mc- 
Cormick Hopi expeditions. 
