Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-04
tions and amusements. At the left .


woman is cooking meat in a primitive
putting dried ash in the storehouse. In
the background man with q sinew-
backed bow is watching a youth prac-
tice with his sling: On the right an
other man is seated on the ground
carving a wooden dish with a curved
knife, and two little girls are playing
with their native toys. The structure
in the back of the case Is a representa-
ton of the etorehouse commonly used
by the western Eskimo. The dwelling
groups show the houses to be dome
shaped. made of earth piled over cob
work Of timbers erected in an eKcava-
ton in the ground. In tho summer a
sageway gives entrance, but in the
winter a tunnel is built. A bench on
which the people sleep runs around the
wall on the inside OF the house. The
cooking within tho dwelling is done in
a pottery vessel suspended over lamp.
African Tribes.
The group representing the Zulu
Kaffir and Bantu tribes, which live in
the semi-arid southern extremity Of
the African continent, depicts the ma
tives as physically strong and ener-
getic and not so dark as the true
negro. This race is superior in mill
tary and social organizations and COM
pares favorably in the arts and indus
tries with other African families. The
a doorway. fireplace on which a wom-
an Is cooking mush, woman dipping
beer from a large pottery jar, a wom-
an from the field with a hoe, water
carrier with a jar on her head. man
playing a marimba or xylophone. and
a boy driving a goat. The natives are
represented as they existed some years
ago. before they were affected by con-
tact with the white men. Other cases
include models OF the native African
dwellings. and examples of the handi-
work Of these people, an interesting
feature Of which is the primitive iron
work in which many African tribes
were highly skilled.
The next group takes the exposition
visitor from Africa across the Atlantic
to northern South America, where
dwells the Carib in the forested tropi-
cal interior of British Guiana. Some of
the tribes of this great race have only
recently been visited by tho white
men. Here is to be seen a Carib war
rior with his blowgun. a woman and
child squeezing cassava in a primi-
tive lever press, another woman deco
rating tree gourd with characteristic
interlocking designs, and a child play
ing with pet parrot. hammock
swung between two house posts repre-
sents the form of bed in general use
in ancient as well as modern Latin
featured by these natives, examples of
ceremonial objects and articles of per-
soma! adornment are exhibited, tnclud
ing headdresses. earrings, belts, arm
bands. necklaces and capes.
Dyaks Of Borneo.
A fourth family group represents the
Dyaks OF the Island Of Borneo. They
are expert house and boat builders, and
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sage. tropical fruits. monkeys, wild
pigs and other game yield them sub
sistence. The men are warlike, and are
still to some extent headhunters. their
weapons being spears. short swords
and blowguns with poison tipped darts.
The Dyak family group is represented
on the porch Of communal house,
carrying on various occupations. A
woman is pounding rice in a wooden
mortar. while another is represented as
bringing in basket of rice on her
back, third is making a basket, a
man armed with q bayoneted blowgun
is approaching with a freshly killed
monkey, and two children are shown
playing cats cradle, popular native
game.
The musuem exhibits also include a
series of objects illustrating the devel-
opment of six kinds of implements and
fire -making. the jackknife. the saw, the
spindle. the shuttle and the ak
Pictures of other exhibits in biology,
geology and anthropology in the mu-
scum at Washington are shown by q
steremotograph machine.
The remaining departments or bu-
reaus of the institution, including the
international exchange service, the bu-
reau of American ethnology, the as
trophysical observatory, the geological
park. the Hodgkins fund, the aero
dynamical laboratory and the regional
bureau of the international catalogue
of scientific literature, are represented
by charts, photographs. maps. instru-
ments and publications illustrative of
their various functions.
Mr.. W. de c. Ravenel. administrative