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Title: Annual report of the trustees of the American Museum of Natural History for the year
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: American Museum of Natural History
Subjects: American Museum of Natural History Natural history museums
Publisher: New York : (American Museum of Natural History)
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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in curatorial ex-change, has been an unqualified success, and to suggest thatsimilar arrangements be entered into with other institutions. In hall development, the most momentous accomplishment was the completion of the side panels for the illustrative mural series depicting the culture of the Indian tribes Development in Southern Alaska and on the Coast of Britishof Halls . Columbia. There are sixteen panels, the follow-ing captions for which clearly indicate the scope and sig-nificance of the subjects treated: Securing Whales for Food,Nootka; Salmon Fishing, Kwakiutl; Gathering Bark forFood, Bella Coola; Preparing Fish Oil, Tsimshian; Build-ing a Canoe, Haida; Weaving a Blanket, Tlingit; Welcomingthe Salmon, Salish; Preparing Clams, Salish; Manual Arts,Tlingit; An Impersonation, Tlingit; Dancing to Cure the Sick,Tlingit; House Building Ceremony, Haida; Dog-eating Cere-mony, Tsimshian; Welcoming Visitors, Bella Coola; PotlatchCeremony, Kwakiutl; a Betrothal, Nootka. Before taking up
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H < z s w Excavation of Aztec Ruins 87 this work, the artist, Mr. Will S. Taylor, visited the Indians ofthe region under the guidance of former Associate CuratorHarlan I. Smith, with whom jointly was developed the generalscheme of treatment. In working out the subsequent detailsfor the separate panels, Lieut. G. T. Emmons gave valuableinformation and criticism. Under the direction of CuratorP. E. Goddard, the totem poles and other objects in the hallhave been adjusted so as to give the mural panels an artisticsetting. These very important secondary features of the NorthPacific Indian exhibit add greatly to the habitat function of theinstallation, and will go far to make this, the Jesup NorthPacific Hall, a presentation in every way worthy of its positionas a special memorial to those two greatest patrons of theadvancement of anthropology in the New World—Mr. andMrs. Morris K. Jesup. Expeditions for the year were confined to projects alreadyunder way and only such of these as it s

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