. Guide leaflet. PERUVIAN ART A Help for Students of Design By CHARLES W. MEAD Late Honorary Curator, Department of Anthropology INTRODUCTION The Museums collections of textiles and pottery vessels from pre-historic graves in Peru provide an opportunity for the study of primitiveart that is not excelled, if, indeed, it is equaled in any other field. Thegreat beauty of the color schemes and the wonderful number of curiousconventionalized animal figures, especially in the textiles, make theseexhibits particularly valuable to the student of design. That thisopportunity exists and that the Museum
. Guide leaflet. PERUVIAN ART A Help for Students of Design By CHARLES W. MEAD Late Honorary Curator, Department of Anthropology INTRODUCTION The Museums collections of textiles and pottery vessels from pre-historic graves in Peru provide an opportunity for the study of primitiveart that is not excelled, if, indeed, it is equaled in any other field. Thegreat beauty of the color schemes and the wonderful number of curiousconventionalized animal figures, especially in the textiles, make theseexhibits particularly valuable to the student of design. That thisopportunity exists and that the Museum authorities as a part of theireducational system are providing all the assistance and comfort possibleto visiting artists and students are fast becoming known, as shown bythe fact that for quite a number of years an average of one hundred andfifty a month have availed themselves of this privilege, while during tin-last few years that number has been doubled. As a large part of the students of design who make use
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