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Title: The American Museum journal
Identifier: americanmuseumjo02amer (find matches)
Year: c1900-(1918) (c190s)
Authors: American Museum of Natural History
Subjects: Natural history
Publisher: New York : American Museum of Natural History
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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The American Museum Journal Vol. II. APRIL, 1902 No. 4.
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j)HE "Guide Leaflet " presented with this number of the Journal is descriptive of a remarkable as- semblage of baskets, sandals, pottery, clothing and articles of food, and the desiccated bodies of the people who made use of them, which has been installed in the southwest corner of the West hall, second floor. The people are known as the "Basket Makers" and they lived and died in the canons of the southeastern part of Utah, probably before the prehistoric ClifT Dwellers inhabited that region. This collection comprises the oldest baskets known from this con- tinent. Even as late as ten years ago it was not generally sup- posed that basket-making had been carried to such a high degree of perfection so early in the history of the American races. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. John C. Medd, Esq., Hon. Secretary of the committee hav- ing in charge the Nature Study exhibition which is to be held in London next July, under the patronage of many well-known personages, among whom is Lord Strathcona, High Commis- sioner for Canada, has written to Prof. A. S. Bickmore, asking him to make an exhibit of the slides, photographs and methods used for "visual instruction" by the Department of Public Instruction of the American Museum. Mr. Medd, furthermore, has invited Prof. Bickmore to take part in the important series of conferences on Nature Study which are to be held in con- nection with the exhibition. Prof. Bickmore intends to accept this invitation and is making ready a series of photographic prints and slides illustrating the forestry of North America, as prepared for his lectures in the Museum and throughout the 31

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