. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. 274 REPOiJT of NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1901. example of these specimen labels, taken from the dwelling group series, may be given: (d.) DWELLING GROUP OF THE CENTRAL ESKIMO. The Central Eskimo live on the area between Hudson Strait and Baffin Bay. Their winter houses are built of blocks of snow laid up in a spiral manner, forming a dome. Tbe blocks are about 3 feet long, 2 feet high, and 6 inches thick. The main chamber of the house varies from 5
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. 274 REPOiJT of NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1901. example of these specimen labels, taken from the dwelling group series, may be given: (d.) DWELLING GROUP OF THE CENTRAL ESKIMO. The Central Eskimo live on the area between Hudson Strait and Baffin Bay. Their winter houses are built of blocks of snow laid up in a spiral manner, forming a dome. Tbe blocks are about 3 feet long, 2 feet high, and 6 inches thick. The main chamber of the house varies from 5 to 12 feet in height, and from 7 to 15 feet in diameter. Over the entrance a square is cut out and the hole is covered with seal intestine for a window. The principal room is connected by passage- ways with one or more storage rooms. In summer the natives fish in the open water; in winter seals are taken by nets set under the ice. Dogs are attached to the sled by separate lines. The clothing of the men and women is made from skins of seal and deer, and consists of outside and inside trousers; jackets, those of the women hav- ing hoods; boots, and inside boots or socks made of light deerskin or birdskin. This model forms one of a series designed to set forth the dwellings and home life of native tribes in the Western Exumpl, of culture-history < xhibit—The nature of the geo-ethnic or .specialization area assemblage of the culture materials of the world has been sufficiently shown in the preceding pages. It is the first and most important method for a general museum. It remains now to explain briefly the nature of the culture-history installation, a partial list of the available exhibition units of this class having already been given. In fig. 8 we have a scheme for placing and labeling a series of exhibits illustrating progressive steps in the art of sculpture in stone. The other series are to be treated in like manner. This art began very eat A in the career o
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