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Show I INDIAN MUSEUM I OPEN TO PUBLIC I "Early American History I Revealed by Remarkable Remark-able Collection. NEW YORK. Nov 1G Every state, I i n the union and ;ll the Americans jSil 'wore represented in tho official opening open-ing of the Museum of the American indi.-m. Heye foundation, dedicated 1 o ihf Interpretation of the lifo of the aborigines of the western world Within the walls of this great in-flf in-flf Btltution, tho collections of which ul-readv ul-readv comprise nearly 2.0i.in,0fto specimens speci-mens It was announced, the mystery of the origin of the red men may hi revealed through Intensive research-Such research-Such is tho hope of George O. Heye, founder and director of the museum, ;md of tho trustee GROUP OF MUSEUMS. Members of the cabinet, federal officials of-ficials Interested In Indian affairs, governor of the different commonwealths, common-wealths, diplomats from the countries from which the collections were E'fjEJ drawn, and a distinguished company of citizens and scientists were among the guests who for the first time Ijflf viewed the collections now Installed In the splendid building at MJroadway and 166th, street. The structure is one of a group which also includes the museum of the Hispanic fioclety. the Jma American Numismatic society, and the I American Geographical society. Archer Ar-cher M. Huntington, who has done so much to develop this centre of study of the past, was tho doner of the site of the Museum of the American Indian, In-dian, and he and other men of wealth contributed to its building fund. Nearly Near-ly every state In the union has at least HI one case in the museum devoted to lellcs f the Indians who once dwelt within Its borders The Indians who Tit') once inhabited Manhattan Island were especially at home in the upper part Pjlll of what Is now the Inwood section of New York City. A carefully prepared pre-pared model represents the Ute which HH jthey led In tho rock shelters, which remain to this day. Diminutive fig-H fig-H i ures, like marionettes, Were posed be-Itt be-Itt i fore a representation of the ancient jrendezvous so realistically that the icarly history and traditions of the I Manhattoes seemed re-enacted. SAORKD BUNDIil S SHOWN. crod bundles In this country i- depos-Ited depos-Ited in the museum. Among the In-LbbbI In-LbbbI i dian tribes when a boy found himself approaching manhood he made his 1 flvay to a wild and lonely place and .prayed and fasted in the belief that some guartllan spirit would make known to him a vision. The guardian I isplrlt which. In his weakened condl- ,tlon, ho Imagined directed him, told f,l :hlm to prepare a group of objed Much as tho skin of tho hawk, which would make him fierce In attack, or j a swallow's wing, to enable him to ' -dodge. All these objects, which were supposed to give attributes to the young warrior, were gathered in a bundle and carried with him when he-! he-! went into battle. Ono of the richest portions of the -collection represent life in the south-H south-H "west, where t'oronado sought the H mystic Seven Cities of Chlbola, which i were said to be overflowing with gold I :;,' and treasure. The dream of the conqueror con-queror was not realized, but ther' are In tho museum many re:narkubie carvings and ceramics from the an-icient an-icient oottloments he isitcd. PINE GOL.I) ORNAMENTS. The visitors saw many rare ornrt-! ornrt-! Tnents in gold from various regions of tho country, illustrative of aboriginal art. For purposes of study they would '.have done as well had they been I 'wrought in copper, but since truy are 1 rworth about jUOu.OOO, they are always rjn charge of special guards and are .heavily insured. I The collections from British Colum- I bia include food dishes as big as mod ern bathtubs; a remarkable whaling "boat made from the trunk of a single tree, and many other objects which j ehow the resourcefulness and skill ! 'which was attained by the Indians of tthe far northwest Alaska and the Hand of the Eskimos are represented' "by many fur garments of great value! I e.nd beauty, in fact, the whole range ot the western world, from the tropics to tho poles, may be seen in relation ic the manners and the customs of the Aborigines. Ono of tho most ancient of the civl-' ligations was visualized hy th iln examples ex-amples of the art of th. Slaya.- a race which disappeared before the Astecs. In this division was shown the finest I piece of incised pottery of Mayan (ori gin known In scientific circles, a sacrificial sac-rificial vessel used in the worship of the sun The objects of this lost civilization civi-lization were gathered in Guatemala H and British Honduras BEAUT1FI L SHIELD. I A marvelous Insight into the artls- HHI tic beauty of the craftsmanship of tlv Aztecs was a shield of cedar Inlaid with a design of turquoise mosaics in which 14 000 pieces were used. This shield, which is undoubtedly the best H IH example of mosaic work of the kind extant, probably was employed in the worship of tlie planet Venus, and car-rles car-rles a picture of prehistoric rites exo-1 exo-1 cuted in thousands of small bits of the stone varying in shade from light BBS flit gre n to a deep blue green, all aril ar-il Hi ranged so as to give an exguislti- blend-H blend-H ing of Ecuador is revealed by a rciuark-able rciuark-able collection of stone ceremonial seats, nut unlike the classic chairs with scroll arms which were fashioned fash-ioned by tho Greeks and Komans. Another unusual feature of tho collection col-lection is an array of object- from ' Venezuela, typical of the aboriginal days. A comparatively ne field in I archaeology is represented by the collection col-lection from Brazil, which is the mosti recent acquisition of the institution RAJ IE PADDLE POUND, The imagination of the visitors was j Kindled at the sight of a wooden I canoe paddle, precisely of the type described In the voyages of Columbus, and Judged by experts to belong to I i hat period. This rare object was I found In a cavo in Cuba which had ix en sealed for centuries by the action ac-tion of the sen. The space for exhibition permits the showing of only a small part of the collections at one time For tho beno-flt beno-flt of scholars, artists, designers, manufacturers man-ufacturers and for the general public, there arc glass covered drawers under un-der the cases, which can be pulled out by those who do;ire to pursue their inspection. |