General guide to the exhibition halls of the American Museum of Natural History . th in Africa, and the west coastis represented along the left-hand wall,the east coast along the right-hand wall,the central Congo tribes at the Ear end. There are three aboriginal races inAfrica: the Bushmen, the Hottentots, andthe Negroes. In the north the Negroeshave been greatly influenced by Hamiticand Semitic immigrants and have becomemixed with them. Nothing is more characteristic of theNegro culture, to which the rest of thehall is devoted, than the art of smeltingiron and fashioning iron tools. The proc-

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General guide to the exhibition halls of the American Museum of Natural History . th in Africa, and the west coastis represented along the left-hand wall,the east coast along the right-hand wall,the central Congo tribes at the Ear end. There are three aboriginal races inAfrica: the Bushmen, the Hottentots, andthe Negroes. In the north the Negroeshave been greatly influenced by Hamiticand Semitic immigrants and have becomemixed with them. Nothing is more characteristic of theNegro culture, to which the rest of thehall is devoted, than the art of smeltingiron and fashioning iron tools. The proc-ess used by the African blacksmith isillustrated in a group on the left, and thefinished products, such as knives, axesand spears, are amply shown throughoutthe hall. The knowledge of the irontechnicpie distinguishes the Negro cul-turally from the American Indian, theOceanian and the Australian. All the Negroes cultivate the soil, the WOODEN MASK FROM WESTERN AFRICA AFRICAN TOM-TOM DRlMMER. Exhibitedin the Akelev Memorial Hall of African Mam-mals. Sculptured bv Malvina Hoffman. [l65]

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