The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-06-24
THE EXHIBITION.

4 FRONT ELEVATION or DWELLING HOUSE
or THE nARDEz INDIANS ON vIEw-MoDEL
OF TIE HELL GATE xxcAvArIoss-A DECIDED
INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF VISITORS.
PHILADELPHIA, June %. 1870
There to-day erected ON the east side Of the
government building front elevation Of ono OF the
peculiar dwellings used by the Hardse Indians Of the
northwest coast OF the American Continent
A large and valuable collection or models Of
these structures has for several weeks been
exhibited IN the building but the ia
cade In position on The outside
was taken bodily IRON Hardes house
and sent to the Exposition by Dr. J. W. Swan, we'll
collector OF Indian curiosities In Alaska and
British Columbia The facade cedar Is feet high by
40 feet width the distance from the base to tho
be about IA feet Its peculiar interest arsss from th
that completely covered with groesque paint
ings representing the neurological characters Of In
dian religion The tribes nhabiting the islands OF the
North Pacific coast have an endless number OF trad
tions or supcrstitons, which Invariably
symbolizcd by paintings carvings every
thing they make, whether II be house or
u button. The figures are sometimes very faithfully
drawn but usually they arc conventional representa-
tions Of strange idea On each side OF the door
are two rudey painted whales but these nre made up
OF at least dozen other animals The body Of the
on the right is filed with pictures of salmon heads,
cells, human faces with glaring eyeballs; hideous
figures which may BIO either human or
NEUROLOGICAL The blow.hole contains the dis
torted figure of a man, and on the back IL large
salmon. The other whale much resembles this,
except the human faces are even more hdeous Partly
above and partly ON each side Of the door is painted
grotcsque picture somewhat resembling the human
FORM but the feet are represented AZ claws and the
hands have each large eye IN me palm.
Whenever the natives paint or carve hand tns eye
always appears in the same spot and with the same
number OF limos, though the significance Of the conoi'
still remains mystery The elevation DOT.
dered with green. dumpy pictures. supposed 70 DO
intended for human heads and bodies, with fear.
fully distorted limbs The most curious part OF
front Of the door, II Is about twenty-five fee. In
height with large hole in the base, which serves a.
veslibule to the door, and the post - carved from
top 10 bottom with the most tedious forms imagn
The drst represents monster bear; above this ID
os o o. u ss re
reefs, supposed 10 be limitations OF tho faces and
forms on the border TO every house erected by the
as indispensable and IL IL believed that every orna-
mcnt and every line had It one time significance,
which may, however, have been lost IN Inc lapse Of
time or only vaguely understood.
TIKI VACCINATIONS AT HE'LL GATE.
The southeastern OF the government building
contains model d the excavations now being
maue in the rcef NJ Haetts Point bel!
Gate. The model represents ,,s pofsion, rs o.
&C. and ncur the Point are the machine shops en-.
cues nd engine houses erected for the purpose OIL
keeping TOO s In repair and COMPRISING air and the
motor OF the drilling machines
CENTENNIAL MOTIFS
A dinner wis gwen this evening to the British
Judges by the Canadian Commissioners at the Lafayette
Restaurant.
On Monday evening reception will be given TO the
foreign Commissioners and judges by the Academy Of
Fine Arts The preparations are upon liberal scale
The total utln for Thursday were 81, a99, Of
which 49, 1914 were paying and II 405 non.paying Re
cepts, ei9,697
specimen raft OF the kind used by the United States
government the hle saving stations was yesterday
placed upon the large lake public test Of us ls
saving capacity will soon be made.
10 morrow at four O'Clock the Arion Society Of Ger
mantuwn services have bcen kindly volunteered
for the OCCASION will rive n concert in the Music Pa.
Whom In Lansdowne Valley. The grounds will be kept
open TIL o'clock w., but admissions at the gates
VIII not be permitted after clock.
Turkeys display IN the main building was formally
opcncd 10 day.