Jan., 1910. 



Annual Report of the Director. 



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been prepared and installed from time to time as required. The 

 entire collection of both mammals and birds has been critically 

 examined with regard to possible damage by insects and found to be 

 in excellent condition. Material in pickle has been carefully ex- 

 amined and supplied with fresh preservative. This material, which 

 consists mostly of skins of large mammals secured by Museum ex- 

 peditions, is being removed from pickle and dressed as fast as possible. 

 Since July i, about 150 of these large skins have been treated by the 

 tanners. 



The year's work on catalogues and inventorying is shown in de- 

 tail below. 



Department of Anthropology 

 Department of Botany . 

 Department of Geology . 

 Department of Zoology . 

 The Library .... 

 Section of Photography 



ACCESSIONS. — Among the most important accessions of the year 

 in the Department of iVnthropology should be mentioned the two 

 collections from German New Guinea, one from Huon Gulf, number- 

 ing 500 specimens; another, a general collection of more than a 

 thousand pieces, from the central coast region. The latter includes 

 carved posts, large carved canoes, and two rare dance masks from 

 Hansa Bay, the larger one more than 16 feet in height. These 

 valuable acquisitions were the gift of Mr. Joseph N. Field of Man- 

 chester, England. The material obtained by Mr. Ayer last year but 

 not prepared for exhibition until last Spring consisted of 18 strings 

 of beads, composed of carnelian, glass, and glazed earthenware; 18 

 mortuary stone vases and jars of great beauty and valu^, among 

 which is a beautiful alabaster vase for ointment ; 49 weights of a wide 

 range of sizes, made of stone and copper; a mirror and bottle, each 

 of bronze; 16 stone statuettes, some in a more or less fragmentary 

 condition, among which is a beautiful figure of Osiris and also a 

 fine red stone statue of the twelfth dynasty (inscribed "His father 

 Teta, His mother Nefertari"); 4 mortuary cloths (in frames upon 

 the east wall of Hall 9); i coffin lid of wood; 8 coffin hds of b.>ne, 

 all somewhat fragmentary, with one exception; a large, inscribed 

 brick; 4 burnt clay mortuary offerings; 2 wooden mortuary boxes; 

 2 small mortuary figures of wood, one containing a rectangular cavity 

 for receiving a papyrus; a mummied hawk; 2 mummied antelopes; 



