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The north alcoves of the West Court contain overflow col- 
lections from Ayer Hall and are devoted to the Caddoan tribes 
of the Plains. Halls 30 and 31 contain ethnological collections 
from Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, British Guiana, Brazil, Par- 
aguay and Argentina. Hall 34 is devoted exclusively to col- 
lections from California, Nevada and Oregon. 
The collections from the Islands of the Pacific, Asia and 
Africa are being installed for exhibition in various halls in the 
East Annex. The storage collection of physical anthropology, 
instruments and apparatus used in anthropometry and osteo- 
metry will be found in Hall 49. The collections of physical 
anthropology on exhibition to the public are found in the south 
gallery of the East Court. 
ARCHAEOLOGY. 
North Court. 
EUROPEAN ARCHAEOLOGY. 
The central floor space and many of the alcoves of this court 
are devoted principally to European archaeology. 
Cases 1, 6 and 7. — Contain the Johnson collection of repro- 
ductions of Irish antiquities, consisting of crosses, croziers, 
shrines, bells, harps, drinking-horns, vases and personal orna- 
ments. This is justly regarded as a most remarkable and inter- 
esting collection — ^the reproductions having been made with 
the utmost care. 
Cases 2, 5, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 15, 16, 18, 19, 21, 22 and 24.— 
Contain many Roman antiquities of bronze, a large part of the 
bronzes being reproductions from the originals now preserved in 
the Naples Museum. Of the reproductions, special attention may 
be called to the tables, braziers, chairs, etc., installed on pedes- 
tals in the court and alcoves. These collections were assembled 
by Mr. E. E. Ayer during the years 1894, 1895 and 1896. 
Cases 3 and 4. — Contain nearly two hundred examples of 
the exquisite glassware of the ancient Mediterranean nations. 
Much of the great number are credited to the Romans, whose 
influence and art extended over so many widely separated re- 
gions, but it is believed that a limited number of specimens are 
Phoenician. The uses were largely those of the toilet. The 
