CENTENNIAL DIRECTIONS 



Exhibit 1 



Collection Size 



Number of National 



Collection, January 1, 1986 Specimens Rank in Size 



ANTHROPOLOGY 



Central American Archaeology 1 1 , 724 5 



Central American Ethnology 2,633 3 



South American Archaeology 16,882 4 



South American Ethnology 7,867 4 



North American Archaeology 134,681 3 



North American Ethnology 99,462 3 



Human Skeletal Collection 4,750 4 



Polynesian Ethnology/Archaeology 5,265 4 



Micronesian Ethnology/ Archaeology 1 1 ,263 4 



Asian Archaeology 1 , 196 10 



Asian Ethnology 50,927 6 



Sumerian Archaeology 25 , 202 3 



Near Eastern Ethnology 665 6 



Old World Prehistory 161,255 2 



Classical Archaeology 11, 780 4 



African and Madagascar Ethnology 16,423 3 



Australian Ethnology 2, 1 26 2 



Melanesian Ethnology 36,012 1 



Subtotal 600,113 



BOTANY 



Algae 77,631 3 



Fungi 79,734 12 



Lichens 51,780 8 



Bryophytes (Mosses) 150,286 4 



Ferns 92,000 4 



Seed Plants 1,865,402 5 



Subtotal 2,316,833 



GEOLOGY 



Physical Geology 62,227 3 



Invertebrate and Plant Paleontology 380,784 3 



Vertebrate Paleontology 129,781 4 



Subtotal 572,792 



ZOOLOGY 



Invertebrates 3,235,000 6 



Insects 7,050,000 10 



Fishes 1,600,000 7 



Amphibians and Reptiles 234,924 4 



Birds 373,000 3 



Mammals 126,680 7 



Subtotal 12,619,604 



GRAND TOTAL 16,109,342 



