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bones, and brain ; and the skin, which alone remains, by its 

 contraction is thickened to the amount of more than the 

 eighth of an inch. The lips are closely compressed, and 

 through them are strung a series of knotted cords, which in 

 their character call to mind the guipos of the ancient Peru- 

 vians. There is also a cord which is knotted inside of the 

 top of the head, by which it is suspended. 



No satisfactory explanation of the mode of preparation has 

 been given, although there is a tradition that it is effected by 

 introducing heated stones or sand into the cavity after the 

 removal of the portions of the head referred to. 12 A, May 

 2,1872,13. 



SHELL MOUND NEAR NEWBURYPORT. 



A very large shell-heap, of over an eighth of an acre in 

 extent, on Parker River, near Newbury port, was recently 

 plowed up, bringing to light immense numbers of shells, 

 bones of animals, portions of a human skeleton, and numer- 

 ous implements of stone, bone, etc. This will probably fur- 

 nish an excellent opportunity for the members of the Essex 

 Institute, of Salem, and of the Peabody Academy of Science, 

 to make valuable additions to their stock of ethnological ob- 

 jects. 



INDIAN RELICS FOR SALE. 



A valuable collection of Indian relics from Chiriqui is now 

 on sale at Heidelberg, and in the variety of its contents and 

 the moderate price asked for them presents a strong induce- 

 ment for its acquisition by some of the new museums of art 

 or science in New York. The catalogue enumerates one hun- 

 dred terra cotta figures and vessels of different kinds, most 

 of them handsomely ornamented in colors. There are also 

 numerous stone figures, images in chalchiutl or green jade, 

 grinding-stones, etc.; seventeen gold images, representing 

 frogs, eagles, human figures, etc. ; and quite a number of clay 

 and stone figures from Peru. The price asked for this collec- 

 tion is $800. Letter of Von Frantzius. 



JOURNAL OF THE ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF NEW YORK. 



We have before us the first number of the Journal of the 

 Anthropological Institute of New York, an institution newly 



