Guide to the nature treasures of New York city; American museum of natural history, New York aquarium, New York zoölogicl park and Botanical garden, Brooklyn museum, Botanic garden and Children's (14594164358)

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Title: Guide to the nature treasures of New York city; American museum of natural history, New York aquarium, New York zoölogicl park and Botanical garden, Brooklyn museum, Botanic garden and Children's museum
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: Pindar, George N Pearson, Mabel H Fischer, George Clyde, 1878-
Subjects: American Museum of Natural History New York Aquarium New York Botanical Garden Brooklyn Museum Brooklyn Botanic Garden Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences. Children's Museum
Publisher: (New York) Pub. for the American museum of natural history by C. Scribner's sons
Contributing Library: The LuEsther T Mertz Library, the New York Botanical Garden
Digitizing Sponsor: Metropolitan New York Library Council - METRO



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AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY art. The products of the loom are represented by thebeautifully woven pile cloths of the Bakuba, woven by themen from patterns supplied by the women. In addition are numerous finely carved wooden vessels,images, basketry and well molded pottery vessels. In thenorthwestern section of the hall are bronze and brass cast-ings made by a process similar to that used in Europe inthe Renaissance period. Throughout the collections arenumerous fetiches and charms believed to give security inbattle or to avert sickness or evils. Masks used by medi-cine men are also in evidence. As an addition to the general attractiveness of the ar-rangement of the specimens, there is a mural border oftypical scenery of the several sections of the Dark Con-tinent. When space is available these collections will be greatlyenhanced by the addition of material secured on a Museumexpedition maintained in Africa from 1909 to 1915. 66 1. ELEVA reil(s 2. MI MB1 RS ROOM 3. PUBLIC HEALTH
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THIRD FLOOR EAST CORRIDOR To the left of the elevators is a room for the use of theMembers of the Museum. Near-by is a bronze tablet inmemory of Jonathan Thorne, through whose generous be-quest it is possible for the Museum to provide lectures andobjects for the instruction of the blind. On the stairway walls are caribou skulls and antlers. 67 THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY SOUTHWEST WING Mammals of the World At the entrance of this hall is a well mounted specimenof Hannibal, an African lion. The exhibit is designed primarily as an introduction tothe study of the orders and families of Mammals* and toindicate the relationships of existing mammals to one an-other and their point of origin in the past. The seriesincludes a typical or characteristic example of every familyof existing mammals. A line is drawn from each specimen * The class Mammalia is divided into three subclasses: Proto-theria, Metatheria and Eutheria. The first contains a single order, Monotremata, represented b