Guide leaflet (1901) (14768123292)

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Title: Guide leaflet
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: American Museum of Natural History
Subjects: American Museum of Natural History Natural history
Publisher: New York : The Museum
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: IMLS / LSTA / METRO



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Feather Workers. In the Distance a Mer-chant Brings the Raw Materials from theTropics (Joi.i) Worker Makixc a Mosaic Design Like THE I)REAST OrNA:VIE.\T ON PaGE .) cunningly inlaid witli a mosaic of tur-quoise and shell. The smiling Mhispeis and admiringglances of the crowd when at the jewelersabruptly changed in the slave C(uarter toappraising stares. Some of the chattelswore wooden collars and stared blanklywith brutish eyes. These had reachedtheir servitude through penalties forcrime or by capture in war. Others weretliin and emaciated, and did not wear thecollar of bondage. They had met withmisfortune and were selling themselves toensure food and shelter. A low hum rose from the market place;there was none of the strident shouting ofa European fair. The bargaining for goodswas carried on slowly, quietly, but nonethe less keenly. The Aztecs had no money,so that barter was the usual means of))urchase. The cocoa bean, however, hada standard value and this, in equalizingexchanges, per