New-York tribune., 1905-06-04
BROOKLYN INSTITUTE OPEN
NesU Collections Shown-Interesting
arctic Group.

With the opening OF the new central section and
khe reopening Of the western wing. the exhibition
OF new collections ana the Encouragement Of the
old the museum Of the Brooklyn Institute Of Arts
and Sciences, IN the Eastern Parkway, takes
iedded interest and gives idea Of the careful,
steady work that is being done toward the end
shat the museum may be one the most noted
IN this OK any other country.
When the museum was reopsned to the public
aast Thursday It found that the department Of
fne arts had opened galleries and installed
rnany new works Among the marble pieces placed
on public exhibition for the time are Christ
and St John" lover life size) by William ordUay
Partridge, presented by Mrs. Charles r Baker:
Poetry Qife size). by Salvatore AIbano; 'sPolyx-
sna Cnfe sze) by William W. Story; antique
ttlofnah torso OF a caryatid n Cippilino marble
Sover life sfse), recently discovered in Rome and
presented by A A. Healy and Mars and venrs -
py Frederick MacMonnes. In addition to the above
Khe FIRST floor Of the central section contains a new
anstallation Of the casts from the antique which
fwere removed from the gallery nov SevotAd 70
sArnerican ethnology.
In the dome of the central section ara o
nlarple bust, Eve" by Hiram Powers and a
soroaze group, "Theseus Shaving = Cye,+o,-n -
Fbarye. which exhibited for the frs+ +i-,e. -
aecuon OF Greco-Itaro Etruscan Creek anz Pc
man antiquities. purchased from Dr. Georpa NJ
Io's OF No4oInble University, and presented to the
\ museum by Carl De Silver and Robert 2 w.
"1o' three models Of prehistoric rnegalithic mann
fnents from Brittany: a renstalIation of ~.
ancient glass and golC jewery and the bronzs
teatuary. formerly exhibition in the vast co.
tion. - 'o west SEQ
among the new pictures In the large psct,,rs PAL
leIy are two by Edwin LORD Weeks ors .eTIha 1so.
OF Prayer at the Pearl MOSQUE" nrasa,tos -
oise FFatL and the other "A Scene in Morocco -
ENC one by +. A Bridgman, entitled .-suroroa- ~
- nosphorus The following pictures, loaned
" Trends Of the museum. are placed on exh;b.tion
there Tor the first time:
Loaned by ". A Putnam an6 T.zro.,.. ,, =.
Sy h Ya'eF5oo = Bridge by Claude Monet; loaned
donticell, and lie Ravin dOpfevoiz ~; nv 5y 4
Tp TpuI5sng 5s Ei loaned by Adolph o6rs 'Pioughing
B Rln ba!9Win, On the Thames by Frank Mrs
Girl in Re- - Ty 74 AdS a Ernest Kleber, Little
and Py boge,t Meadow in Southern France'
Of Woodland, by Wyant and JSrIt ,iH mo n3st BIZ
hght. Marine. by Joseph Roston. anu 'iO'n-
N The smaller picture gallery is : colIoctfo, 90
heventy water colors b leading American srfist o
1,tb a,,s. -, = suck Most Of them are exhibited
S Pa-s est5ph letters and portraits of the artists
- e-aaIs s9 tle most notable collection which has
museum is t,5at ] 70" open to the public in the
been Installed fSc@L r-S5 eSsitnology, which has
sent by the Brooki1n m e-ff5q f4 of exped tons
Professor Cui.n in aTri3- 9 Lhe desire Of
sble That he has suceeeed wei IN this 'vs @ pos bo
admitted b the casual observer Of 1,I WI , ne
:; soiS. mo nlos himself attracted here where he
Is crtl2n;aT1ly wearieG in short time i-O
Halt aaif Of the Iiall of American Ethnologv is de
is the nost noTsI rom the Apni Indians, which
Indian tribe IN pst We IN ne world This is an
ggf-
3ns ie collection has been sun. 81 - 90,
interesting and valuable manner l. orir;,,s ~. ~ al al
Sotls pS II p Jndy Who 3cconparied F5~ofeSsor
,-t,;~ @ ~ 80 lest eNseoition Among the most in
WOODEN puiars OF tie first Christian -ie,rrcb a.
america SO Tar as known established nv fba g.
laIcS IN me Ziini village. The pillars yxare -. -ris
or IN the middle OF the night EroFegSoe tsl'I
says thai the Zuui roSDonsi,Ie r.. a. I'm
Iablt. SS they were the G-st smokers Of
AT any fate, tlcy were devoted To cieareffac 80
Aae sacred cigarettes, made OF ba.25Go ans ntIa-
materials Of which Dir. Cnlin obtained n rcoS -
lection Then there are many Of the 5s 5000 col col
the Zuni Use in their dances and several 80, ~
thelr COILS which are used in the religious core
!lloIles ne llldiats are forbidden 10 part with
these sacred objects. and severe ptlnjsl,nant -
proslded .or a violation Of the rule blt r,errsa~s
OF the tribe We're found who parted win tbe5n
eec-tt!E mere arc also number OF the crude
tl1scs lnstfu.eI Its OF The tribe and some of TIE
Jagged sticks that they swallow during their
Hanging from one SIDE Of the hall is Iifasizo oil
painting el dr cushing VINO fer wears vas n now
- - tle {Iioe Il IS 10y Thomas Eak.ns and
native costume The frame Is uniapa laine ma 5a A
OF buckslln. - '--oNs'
There gEere no doors c. windows in the original
houses OF the Zuri and they got IN b., clsyo,irv
up on the roof and dropping through = hole there
9here ate several OF the crude ladders used for
that purpose "a the exhibition, some OF them Ia
ing fashioned from single tree trunk a fat
stone with round hole. 10 xlieh was fitted an
olAeF nat stone, which represents enc Of the onan
inEs in the roof of zun house. is part of the
collection. ~
Among the other tribes represented In the Han
9, Eihnolesy are the Apaches the Navatos, the