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a north African type were the gift of Mr. H. G. Moore, of Peoria, 

 Illinois. The west end of Hall E is now occupied by cases of material 

 from south and northeast Africa, including Somaliland. Many 

 of the exhibits from Somaliland and Kenya were collected by 

 the late Carl E. Akeley about thirty years ago. Bushman material, 

 including some exceptionally fine necklaces and girdles of ostrich 

 eggshell beads (collected by Mr. Arthur S. Vernay, of New 

 York, while leading the Vernay-Lang Kalahari Expedition of 1930) 

 have been installed. 



In alcove Al two cases showing wood-carving and basketry from 

 Nigeria have been installed. Reorganization of Halls D and E and 

 Alcove Al was directed by Assistant Curator Hambly. 



Plans for Hall K (Japan, Korea, Siberia, and India) are being 

 prepared. Assistant Curator Lewis has started sorting the East 

 Indian material in storage, and two cases of Singhalese masks have 

 been installed and await placement in the hall. 



Much work, which could not ordinarily have been done because 

 of lack of time by the regular Department staff, has been accom- 

 plished by workers assigned by the Illinois Emergency Relief Com- 

 mission. These men and women have mounted and labeled some 

 6,000 photographs; made important subject indexes; typed 2,500 

 index and catalogue cards; washed and catalogued 9,000 potsherds, 

 and mounted 4,000 of them; repaired and mounted 800 Peruvian 

 textiles on linen; typed many pages of field notes; and performed 

 general clerical work with neatness and dispatch. From one to 

 eleven relief workers have served in the Department for periods of 

 varying length during the greater part of the year. 



DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY 



EXPEDITIONS AND RESEARCH 



The Department of Botany conducted no expeditions during 

 1934. However, Assistant Curator J. Francis Macbride continued his 

 work in Europe, described in the Reports of 1929 to 1933 inclusive, 

 of photographing type specimens of tropical American plants pre- 

 served in European herbaria. This project is still supported in part 

 by a balance of funds furnished some years ago by the Rockefeller 

 Foundation. About 2,000 new negatives were made and forwarded 

 to the Museum, making the total now on file more than 28,000, 

 representing almost as many plants, principally South American 

 species. 



