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English: "Eskimo woman fishing through the ice" Museum Exhibit

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Title: General guide to the exhibition halls of the American Museum of Natural History
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: American Museum of Natural History Sherwood, George Herbert, 1876-1937 Lucas, Frederic A. (Frederic Augustus), 1852-1929 Miner, Roy Waldo, 1875-1955
Subjects: American Museum of Natural History Natural history museums
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : American Museum of Natural History
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: IMLS / LSTA / METRO

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ESKIMO WOMAN FISHING THROUGH THE ICE (Group in the Eskimo Hall) end of the hall is depicted the return of avictorious war party. No less conspicuous than the wood-carv-ing art of the Northwest Coast Indians istheir skill in weaving in mountain goat wooland shredded bark and in making baskets.Notice in this connection the Chilkat cere-monial blankets a little over halfway along the hall, on the left, and the Tlingit basketsat the end. These Indians have likewise dis-tinguished themselves in the carving of stone,bone, and ivory, examples of which areshown for the various tribal groups. Outstanding perhaps is the wealth of deco-ration observable on all their products. Thetvpical grotesque art motives, based on the D39:) distortion of animal forms, arc found in equalabundance on utilitarian and ceremonial ob-jects. ESKIMO CORRIDOR (Index Plan, p. 16, First Floor, Hall ~a) The Eskimos arc frequently cited as theprimitive people who have achieved the mostcomplete adjustment to their environ

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