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Title: The American Museum journal
Identifier: americanmuseumjo02amer (find matches)
Year: c1900-(1918) (c190s)
Authors: American Museum of Natural History
Subjects: Natural history
Publisher: New York : American Museum of Natural History
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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The American Museum Journal Vol. II. JUNE, 1902 No. 6. NEW ETHNIC GROUPS.
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HE life-size ethnic groups illustrating the appearance and culture of the Eskimo, the Indians of the Northwest coast, the Indians of the Plains, etc., are being supplemented by a new series of groups, in miniature but representing more complex scenes. One of these, showing a village of the Thompson River (B. C.) Indians, with the people pursuing various occupations, was pictured in this Journal, Vol. I, No. 10, p. 148. Another of the series shows some Eskimo, their snow dwellings, dogs, sleds, etc. The latest, recently put on exhibition in the Hall of North American Ethnology, represents the Sun Dance of the Arapaho Indians. This is quite an elaborate group, including 200 figures, each about four inches high. It shows a great circular open frame- work lodge, within which the dancers are arranged in a semi- circle, the people crowding around outside the lodge. By means of these small groups scenes of much greater scope than would be possible with life-size groups can be represented accurately and effectively. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. (Continued.) HE Department of Anthropology.—Very soon after the foundation of the Museumi, arch^ological collections from various parts of America began to come in. Their number increased rapidly, and led to the establishment of a special department of the Museum, which was put in charge of Professor Albert S.

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