Painted woodenmaskrepresentinga human face, from Kwakiutl, BritishColumbia. Height, 9 inches. and a beautifully-balancedgold pendant dating from the Sin period in Colombia. Some idea of the rich textile arts of the Indian are shown by gauze"and tapestry weaving from Peru, side-byside with Navajo rugs from Arizona. 62 In short, this is not only an effort to provide a samplingof the collections of the Museum, but even more, to demonstratethe remarkablecivilizations which were here when the Europeans arrived and to provide a commentary