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worthy only for the pendant ear ornaments of coins, brass bells and 

 dentalinm shells. In the mouth of one individual were found twenty 

 brass buttons. The acquisition of eight skeletons and several crania 

 for the Division of Physical Anthropology is timely, for with this added 

 material, the Department now possesses a fairly complete osteologi- 

 cal collection of North-West Indians, the tribes well represented 

 being: Kwakiutl, Salish, Songish, Kawitchin, Catlalty and Chinook. 

 The Mound material from Ross County, Ohio, returned from stud}' at 

 Cambridge by the Chief of the Department of Anthropology of the 

 Columbian Exposition, has been placed on view by the Museum 

 this year. There were three notable and celebrated "finds" in Ohio 

 Mounds: (a) that of Squier and Davis of two hundred carved effigy 

 pipes at Mound City; (b) that of Professor Putnam of Cambridge of 

 seven altars, each covered with countless objects of adornment and 

 ceremony, at the Turner Group; and (c) that of Mr. Moorehead at 

 the Hopewell Group. In the amount and beauty of symbolic carv- 

 ings in copper, in the quantity of copper implements, in the number 

 of bone carvings in which conventionalism and realism are blended 

 in a most striking and artistic manner, and in the cache of unfinished 

 implements numbering over 7,000, this collection far surpasses any 

 hitherto made in the Mississippi Valley. There are also two valuable 

 collections from Fort Ancient and Oregonia, Ohio. These are 

 remarkable for the large number of skeletons which were in a good 

 state of preservation. Among other material, new so far as its exhi- 

 bition is concerned, are the collections made by G. A. Dorsey in 1892 

 in Peru, four of which should be specially mentioned: From La Plata 

 Island, Ecuador, consisting of (a) fragments of ceremonial pottery 

 and images from the summit of the Island, made by coast tribes of 

 Ecuador, who resorted to the Island for centuries as a place of 

 worship and ceremony; (b) contents of three graves near the 

 beach, including gold and silver images and pins, beautiful pottery, 

 and a remarkable ceremonial stone-axe. These objects are Peruvian 

 in origin and their presence on the Island is to be explained by the 

 fact that Ecuador was conquered and over-run by Incas of Peru 

 shortly before the Spanish conquest; (c) from Santa Valley about 500 

 pieces of pottery of exquisite workmanship, and, taken collectively, 

 portraying in a vivid manner the physiognomy, religion, industries, 

 houses, and foods of the people ; besides ceremonial sceptres and 

 bone carvings inlaid with turquoise; (d) from Ancon, the contents of 

 125 graves, showing every form of burial and the complete life of 

 individuals of both sexes, of all ages and of varying degrees of 

 wealth. From the notes and labels of the collector each grave can 



