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Abstract

and other Latin American countries. During the August opening, an exact reproduction of the door of the Cathedral of Leon in Nicaragua was exhibited. The building itself, located in Madrid's University City near the Institute of Hispanic Culture, consists of 24 rooms on three floors.The first floor is devoted to native objects brought back by the various scientific expeditions organized by Spain over the centuries. The most notable are those of Malasipina and Celestino Mutis. The second floor features the "Laws of the Indies," the work of Isabel the Catholic, as well as efforts in labor, culture and co-existence with the natives. The third floor is devoted entirely to Christopher Columbus. Pre-Columbian Ceramics"Ancient Peruvian Ceramics: The Nathan Cummings Collection" an exhibition of Pre-Columbian pottery was placed on exhibit September 26, 1965, at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Nearly all of the approximately 300 objects on view were given or lent to the Museum by Mr. Cummings. Also included, however, were 20 works from the National Museum in Lima especially lent to the Museum by the Government of Peru, and a number of Peruvian textiles from the Metropolitan Museum's collection. The exhibition covers a chronological range of some 2,500 years, from 1000 BC to AD 1500. It traces the development of ceramic styles and techniques from dark, heavy bowls and bottles with simple elegant shapes to a variety of forms showing complete mastery of the craft.