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In thr last Kcport mention was madr of the cxpitlition of Assist* 

 ant Curator Owt-n arnon^ th«- llopi, through the geniTosity of 

 Mr. Sianlt V MiCormi< k Vh< iition returned in Novt-mber 



aflrr a most wnk, durim h time «i({hi ruins 



\vi-r»- visit**!. .Ill ■•! «iii>ii ' ' larKc coim < iii>ii> «i( the hii' 



inf. I. >.» If,.! V .111. Mr. Mil ks further intenst in this ... .,» 



I , ontinuation this spring, with the result that a large 



amount of materi.<^l was ol)taine<l from the ruins of old Walpi and 

 Mishongnovi, tl imens secured from the former ruin numbering 



alu>ut two thousand, amongst which were hundretis of bahos or 

 prayer sticks, painted stoneslabs, « ft'igiis, anti many forms of pottery 

 new to science, both in their form and «l»coration. Objects illustra* 

 tiv«- of the !• ' IS life of the Hopi, of which prol>ably the m' 



intiresting w.i^ ui« rereilos of the altar of the Drab Flute Society "i 

 MjshonKnovi, were procure*! on this expe<!ition. Two months' collect- 

 ing of Fthnological specimens from the White Mountain Apache and 

 Navajo resulted in the acquisition of over five hundred objects illus- 

 trating the daily and religious life of the trilns mentioned. Early in 

 Januar)' of this yi ar Assistant Curator Simms was dispatchetl to 

 Ariz«ina where he remained three months, pursuing ethnological 

 investigations among th<- various trilK>s of the Piman and Yuman 

 (Iwing to the fact that thist- trilx'i hatl not b* • n pt' -ly 



t. j.|. s. nted in the collections of the Museum to any conMu< iai»le 

 extent, the material and information obtained by Mr. Simms are of 

 unusual value. During the past year J. \V. Hutison became asso- 

 ciateti with the Department of Anthropology and was assigned to 

 work in California. His work will continue through this and the fol- 

 lowing year, and will have for its object the careful study of certain 

 little-known tribis. .\n extremely large collection, embracing many 

 cat' of objects of the tribes of the region that he has thus far 



viMtttl, has already In^en catalogued and accessioned. It is al 

 hurhly probabb- that as a result of his investigations much new ligni 

 wiil Ih- thrown upon many heretofore obscure problems of the eth- 

 n.I'iTv of this region. During the five summer months M. L. 

 '•' . from the I'niversity of Chicago, investigated for the depart- 

 m«nt certain Shahaptian tril>e8 of the Columbia River basin. This 

 region was practically unrepresented in the collections of the Museum, 

 and as a result of Mr. Miller's work a very large collection of the 

 highest interest and value has been secured, thus filling an im- 

 portant gap in the collections illustrating the Ethnology of North 

 America. The department has also secured many valuable specimens 

 from the Haida T"-»i >»i'- "f \h. Queen Charlotte Uland*;. thmueVi an 



