Show salt lake we are in receipt of tb band book guide to thi interesting of which JOB L barfoot E ii ali curator and manager when visit ing salt lake our friend should make it a point to call at the MUM urn and view the numerous nume rou ar of interest to be found there among the recent additions to the collections already secured by tb museum are specimens of terra cot ta and other specimens of attea works presented by apostle mogi recently returned from mexico the antun of a recent date speaking of this latter addition says that among other things a whistling battla sa rl ware is exceedingly curious the fig ure being that of a man squatted on the ground the feet forming supports for the base the body forms the bottle in the neck of which is an aperture which produces awalt ling sound when air is blown through the neck this is from the celebrated pyramid of pro i bably the aztec one small ornament in clay is frem Ch this has been used most probably for containing incense there are many cariou fifer of of kien and of animals anim alg om are intended by the potter to k grotesque othera exhibit great idill in portraying national fentum and head dresses of different races oae fragment re presenta a tinman face fienco countenance the mortn open in which is seen a human tig age this is probably a mimic depre gen tation of the aztec itar or death this idol is in mexican annals aa brother G M ottinger may perhaps interpret this differently then there are obsidian of the volcanic glass that the azneer used for making war weapons budt i as were seen in a famous maitia pai tia shown in this city recently ahr gladiators are represented in chabat with this collection is of great and an important addition te aki ready extensive and varied tion of antiquarian and ethnologic i curiosities in our local museum arii ck already includes relics of peru cute arizona utah sandwich and the society islands as u some from the swiss lakes scanlin navia anaf jerusalem |