General guide to the exhibition halls of the American Museum of Natural History . [l65]. CARVED IVORYARTICLES FROMTHE carvings areamong ilie mosti herished possessions of Africanchiefs as the em-blems of rank andpower women doing the actual tilling, while themen are hunters and, anion pastoraltribes, herders. Clothing is either of skin,hark cloth, or loom-woven plant manufacture of a skin cloak is illus-trated by one of the figures in the groupto the left of the entrance: hark clothsfrom Uganda are shown in the fartherright-hand section of the hall, whilelooms and the com
General guide to the exhibition halls of the American Museum of Natural History . [l65]. CARVED IVORYARTICLES FROMTHE carvings areamong ilie mosti herished possessions of Africanchiefs as the em-blems of rank andpower women doing the actual tilling, while themen are hunters and, anion pastoraltribes, herders. Clothing is either of skin,hark cloth, or loom-woven plant manufacture of a skin cloak is illus-trated by one of the figures in the groupto the left of the entrance: hark clothsfrom Uganda are shown in the fartherright-hand section of the hall, whilelooms and the completed garments are shown in the large central rectangle de-voted to Congo ethnology. The mostbeautiful of the last-mentioned productsare the pile cloths of the liakuba,woven by the men and supplied withdecorative patterns by the women. Veryfine wooden goblets and other carvings,especially a series of ivories from theCongo, bear witness to the high artisticsense of the African native . who also cx- 166 IVORY HANDLEDSTEEL WEAPONSOF THE MANGBETU. The gre;itsickle-shaped kniveswere worn
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