. Nature . plolograph of stiilTed skin, OcTOUEk 27, 1910] NATURE 537 be made of the able condensation of the complex sub-ject of the culture, distribution, and relationships ofthe \egro and Bantu tribes of Africa. An important feature, and one which will be widelyappreciated, is the large number of illustrations,many of them in the form of plates. The gco-. Contemporai y portrait figure in wood of Bope, great chief of theBu Shongo, c. 1790. Kasai District, Congo State. From theBritish Museum H:.mlhook 10 the Ethnographical Collections. t;raphical and tribal index also adds greatly to thevalue
. Nature . plolograph of stiilTed skin, OcTOUEk 27, 1910] NATURE 537 be made of the able condensation of the complex sub-ject of the culture, distribution, and relationships ofthe \egro and Bantu tribes of Africa. An important feature, and one which will be widelyappreciated, is the large number of illustrations,many of them in the form of plates. The gco-. Contemporai y portrait figure in wood of Bope, great chief of theBu Shongo, c. 1790. Kasai District, Congo State. From theBritish Museum H:.mlhook 10 the Ethnographical Collections. t;raphical and tribal index also adds greatly to thevalue of the book for reference purposes. Whilst sriving ungrudging praise to the handbook,the hope must be expressed that the extension ofthe museum buildings will afford opportunity for theaccommodation of the ethnographical collectionsunder conditions that will enable them to be dis- NO. 2139, VOL. 84] played in a manner more worthy of their provision of a section of technology, for example,would not only be an extremely popular addition, butwould immensely increase the educational value ofthe collections. It seems doubtful, however, whetherthose who intermittently rule over us have vet beenconvinced that museums are educational is certain that they have not appreciated the im-portance of the study of man, working-man exc
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