ABORIGINE RELICS TO BE SEEN TODAY
Treasures Exhibited by Museum at Affiliated Colleges; Ishi to Entertain
A new collection of relics of prehistoric inhabitants of the bay region, consisting of buried skeletons, fireplaces, parts of hut floors, and implements of various kinds excavated from shell mounds found near the shores of San Francisco bay, will be opened today in the exhibit room of the California Museum of Anthropology at the Affiliated colleges.
The specimens were obtained in excavation work extending over nine years by parties from the University of California at San Rafael, Richmond, Emeryville, Sausalito, San Mateo, Palo Alto, and Hunters point, numbering in all more than 400.
Computations place the age of the older and larger shell mounds at between 3,000 and 4,000 years. Most of them have been found to reach well below the present tide level, in some cases as much as 15 feet. The aboriginal population is estimated to have been nearly 15,000. The exposition will be open until May 5.
In addition to the new shell mound room, Sunday visitors will have the usual opportunity to see and hear Ishi, the aborigine. Most of the Indian house which he has been building in his spare time blew away Thursday, but he will try to present a good front for Sunday visitors. Ishi claims that at home he would have built his hut in a brush thicket, instead of in an exposed site, thus saving it from damage by wind.
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