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Department of Anthropology- 

 Department of Botany 

 Department of Geology 

 Department of Zoology 

 The Library . 

 Section of Photography 



ACCESSIONS. — The Department of Anthropology received as a gift 

 from Mr. Edward E. Ayer a rectangular cooking vessel and a large 

 house lamp, both of steatite and both representing types from the 

 Eskimo east of Point Barrow, Alaska, entirely new to the collection 

 in the Museum. Mr. Ayer also presented a metate of Mexican type and 

 a muller dug up some years ago at San Juan Capistrano, southern 

 California. This is a fine specimen of perfect workmanship and superior 

 to similar objects heretofore possessed by the Museum. Mr, Charles F, 

 Rauchfuss of River Forest made an important addition to the Illinois 

 archaeological collections of the Museum by his gift of 250 specimens, 

 chiefly chipped objects, from Pope County. Mr. Homer E. Sargent 

 presented to the Museum a small collection of Salish basketry, which 

 will be of value in the study of technique, materials, and designs of that 

 region. This collection was made in connection with a new research 

 into Indian basketry initiated and patronized by Mr. Sargent. With 

 the exception of the Stanley McCormick gifts resulting in the Hopi 

 collections, no Southwest accession is comparable to the recent gift of 

 Mr. Homer E. Sargent, the most prominent accession of the year. 

 This group of eighty textiles presents the result of judicious and dis- 

 criminative collecting extended with tact and taste over a period of 

 more than ten years, and includes a great deal of material that at this 

 time would not be obtainable. It comprises 37 Hopi and Navaho 

 blankets of old designs, many of them bayetas; 9 Navaho squaw dresses 

 of excellent weave and varjdng decorative motives; 6 Navaho woman's 

 mantles; i Navaho man's woven shirt; 2 Chimayo blankets; i two-faced 

 Mexican serape; 5 very rare Pueblo woman's ceremonial robes; 7 mantles 

 or shawls from the same region; 2 fine Zuni dresses; 3 Pueblo woman's 

 belts; 4 ceremonial kilts for men; 2 ceremonial sashes and other articles 

 of the Southwest weaver's skill. Aside from their historical and ethno- 

 logical significance, many of these textiles have decidedly artistic 

 merits and qualities both as to design and coloration, and may compete 

 with the best productions in Oriental rugs. The album presented by 

 Mr. Tokumatsu Ito is deserving of especial mention. It contains 92 

 ancient wood-engravings representing favorite deities of the Japanese 

 pantheon and sold by the temples to devotees and pilgrims, who keep 



