Hove ruber 1.1 , 1913 
Mr. IT. de C. Ravenel , 
Mtslnis Ira tlve As a Is tant, 
U. S* Rational Museum. 
Do a r &r , B&v a ne 1 ; 
Suggestion® for an exhibit 
of the l'&j&rtL'&ent of Anthropology 
at the San Franc Is co Exposition. 
After going carefully over the ground, the conclusion 
is reached that the nos t promising field, all points con- 
sidered, for an exhibit of this Hep&r trier, t at San Francisco 
would consist of a series of .node Is and accompanying col- 
lections Illustrating the people, t;.-.u houses and house 
life of the aborigines of America and nope especially of 
the United States and her depend® nc lea . 
Tim exhibit would, include a limited number of life 
size lay-figure family arc] industrial groups showing 
typical peoples— the Indian, the lekim , the Indian of 
florth America, the Indian o t Metiih America, the Samoan, 
and the Filipinos of models on a suitable scale of a 
large number of dwelling groups of typical peoples, show- 
ing houses and by means of modeled figures the house and 
Industrial life* These exhibits would be supplemented by 
collections of many interesting objects and art works 
