Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1923-01-06

such comparison did good very far The
Indian rabbit stick is not a boomerang, although it
looks little like that famous weapon, because 1t
really does not come back This is only sug
gestion as the innumerabe ways in which fact
can be quickly separated from fancy by bringing
the objects themselves quickly to the study of the
investigator.
Indians of the United States have the first floor
of the institution largely to themselves Many of
the collections in a synoptic form which per-
mits the observer to see all the inside technique
of the crafts of the aborigines. The making of
pottery which begins with the rolling of the clay
into long, round strips. through the glazing and
the colorfng processes is revealed, that Ameri-
cans of the present can follow the od-tme crafts
man through all his labors.
In the same way, the technique of Indian
broidery and bead work is shown with all the de-
tail which could only be given these days by pro-
gressive photographs.
The Indians often were able to get silver from
the white men, which they pounded up into jewel
ry in designs of their own. The display of objects
in which this silver smihing skill of the aborigines
is traced, has unusual appeal to adopts in metal
working.
The first floor comprises a very thorough DEM
orstration of the manners and customs of the In
dams of the United States and Alaska Its largest
and most striking ornaments in appearance are
towering totem poles from the Alaskan territory, in
the carving of which the natives of the northern
wilds told their race and lineage and history
Among the exhibits which are typical of the alb
original life of the United States are medicine and
war bundles, filed with charms and amuets whch
were supposed to aid the Indians In battle and In
the struggle of life. In some respect they are not
unlike the fctishes of the African tribes. The
strange rites that accompany the eating Of the
drug. peyote are visuallzed In the rattles and the
sashes used In those weird ceremonies of the Co
manches
In this division of the museum there are MANY
remarkable garments which show the artistry Of
the American Indian at its best Womens dresses
ornamented with bead embroideries, and deco,a
lions Of bone and elks teeth have a dist,nct,or
Of style
Objects Of remarkable value historicanv are
hibited on the second floor arranged az for 90
possible according TO states. Visitors from al,
parts OF the country can therefore 20 directly IN
those cases In which they will find specimens from
localities which they know. Arkansas for in.
stance holds the palm fur for the most skim
tuiiy cipped hint arrow heads. Two wampum
belts which William Penn got from the Indians
when he made treaty with Them and regarded
s the finest belts of their kind In the world ,re
credited to the Keystone state. New York ia II all
represented by the relics of the Irouuois Tho c,,v
of New York has contributed many iu,or,on.
finds for their upper part of the island of Man.
haitian was long stronghold of the Indians gwen
after the purchase of the land by the Dutch. The
southwest win find many treasure from It's los,
Seven Cities Of Cibola" '
Notable objects from Canada are seen ., 49,,
western half of the second floor Among thesa IL
an Indian whaling canoe, so feet In length shana,
from the trunk of one huge tree. In n arc ths
lances and the harpoons and even the Aoots =,
hide which were thrown overheard when tbo Gu
~ had been wounded S'"
Romfnce walks with the visitsr through every
aisle the third floor NJ
part are seen the records of the cnlt,,o - ..'
pies who we're farthest advanced amonp the oh,,.
igines of the New World ~
The finest example of lncised Magyar pottery !,
existence may be on the last exb,hitior a.
II was found in Guatemala and seems ~ ha,,.
oeen sacrihcial vessel used in the worsbin ~
the sun The Mayas had disappeared from the
fnce OF the earth when Columbus reached .,asa
shores and the remains of their cvil,y,,,nn -