Game & Fisheries
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| Location | Philippine Exhibit |
|---|---|
| No. of Buildings | 1 |
| Construction | |
| Construction Cost | $4,407 ($132,912 in 2021) |
The Game & Fisheries building in the Philippine Exhibit was located next to the Moro Village, and built on stilts to simulate that architecture.
Description
The Game and Fisheries Building was used for the purpose of displaying the native methods of hunting and capture of game, and the methods of fishing.
The building was constructed on the shore of and extending over the shallow water of Arrow Head Lake. Posts of Palma Brava, a tree of the Philippines, were used. The building, as are many in the Philippines, is thatched with nipa grass.
In the water and adjacent to the building were the fish traps of slit bamboo, driven into the mud, to illustrate the native methods of fishing.
The building contains a great variety of the strange birds of the Philippine forests. Striking characteristics of these birds are the bright plumage and the large beaks.
A full-sized stuffed Mindoro dwarf buffalo (Tamaraw), and a 21-foot long by 1 foot thick python greeted visitors into this building.
Among the animals very naturally mounted were deer of the diminutive breeds, wild hogs and monkeys. In the Department of Fish were hundreds of specimens. Shells of giant mollusks were shown, that were five feet wide.
