HALL 17. 
PARAGUAY. 
This hall contains the collections of Dr. E. Hassler. The 
tribes represented in the collection inhabit the Gran Chaco. The 
most northern tribes inhabit Brazilian territory, while the more 
southern ones live in Argentine Republic. The principal tribes rep- 
resented are the Tobas,Lenguas,Chamacoccos, Guaranis, Cuximosso, 
Panas, Paitas, and Omiris. The collection is remarkable because 
it represents tribes which have had hardly any contact with civil- 
ization. The collection contains a vast amount of beautiful 
feather work, and a number of most interesting stone weapons. 
Case 13 contains a collection made by Lieutenant D. U. Bertol- 
lette. 
Case !• — Feather ornaments; particularly head ornaments 
and necklaces, pottery, feather wands. 
Case 2. — Feather belts, wands, feather ornaments, rattles, 
necklaces, ropes, bags. 
Case 3. — Feather wands, bags, hammocks, nets, ropes, bows. 
Case 4. — Bows; in the upper part of the case, bows with 
double bow-strings for shooting balls; spades for digging roots; 
paddles; wooden lances; arrows for war and hunting; stone axes 
ornamented with feathers; wooden clubs; fish-trap, which is let 
down over the fish, the latter being taken out from underneath by 
the fisherman. 
Case 5 . — Hammocks; arrows. 
Case 6 . — Bows and arrows; feather wands; head ornaments; 
ornamented gourds; pottery. 
Case 7.— Feather ornaments. 
Case 8. — Necklaces of bones; rattles; fans; hats; stone 
axes; ornaments made of shells and of fruits; rattles made of 
turtle shells. 
Case 9. — Feather ornaments. 
Case 10 . — Ornaments of shells; fire drill; gourds; amulets; 
spindles; flutes; pipes; combs; necklaces. 
Case 11. — Feather ornaments. 
Case 12. -Necklaces; rattles. 
Case 13. — Bows and arrows; bags; lances; feather orna- 
ments. 
Case 14. — Feather ornaments. 
