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posfs and the other for exchanjjc. A life-size Ktoup of six figures has 

 bcm completed and is ready for exhibition in the new buil Phis 



group illustrates the production of doth by the Bagobo of Mindanao 

 in the various stages of manufacture, from the stripping of the so-called 

 Mzuiila hemp {Musa tcxtilis), t' h the ovcrt>*ing and dyeing of the 



threads, l«> the wcavi ' of ihc cloth. It wll l>e an inter- 



esting o' ' •• ". to the i ....-,,... ....... The latjclin^ of the African ool* 



Icctitm i:. ...... J lost year wa<i omiplctcd during the summer. One case 



of \ lopi head-dresses for ceremonial occaaons has been installed in the 

 East Court. Additional accessions of Hupa, Yurok and Karok festival 

 dress and head plumes have necessitated the expansion of the (Ad case 

 containing varied ceremonial paraphcnmlia into two cases, one of 

 woman's festival attire, and the other of costumes grouped according 

 to the dances in which they were used. The entire Mexican collection 

 is now being over* ' '. grouped according to culture areas and tribes, 

 and permanently i.. L,w.f<l. Sjxximens not selccted'for exhibition are 

 rescn'cd as study collections, and duplicates arc listed for possible 

 future exchange. The receipt of the Pershing Collection has neoea- 

 sitatcd a reinstallation of the two cases of Casas Grandes pottery pre- 

 sented last year by Mr. Homer E. Sargent, in order to permit a com- 

 bination of the two as an integral unit. In addition have been installed 

 a case of archaeological material from the Totonac and Huaxtec region 

 of Vera Cruz, containing the well -sculptured stone yokes typical of this 

 region, a four-foot case containing the l>est large stone sculptures from 

 the Valley of Mexico from various cr)llcclions, and two cases illustrating 

 the ethnology of the Tarahumarc, TcjK'huanc, and Tarascan, principally 

 from the Lumholtz Collection. All cases are completely labeled as 

 installed. Jewelry collected by G. A. Dorsey in British India has been 

 installed in a wall-case of the Gem Room. The Gunsaulus collection of 

 Japanese sword-guards and sword -fit tings, descrilxxl in the last annual 

 report, has been installed in two standard cases, temporarily placed in 

 Alcove 122 of the North Court. One of the cases contains 468 objects, 

 the other .S7.?, arranged on narrow shelves in such a way that each p- - 

 can Ix; plainly \'iewed and studied from both sides. This is import^.. v, 

 as the majority of sword-guards arc decorated or inscribed both on the 

 obverse and reverse. For this reason, each sword-guard had to be 

 supplictl with two labels, one explaining the obverse, the other the 

 rc^'e^sc. There is reason to believe that this is the first attempt in any 

 mtiscum to display s\i'ord-guards in a rational and intelligent manner. 

 In general, a chronological principle of arrangement has been adopted, 

 but within the various periods groups of art-schools and subjects arc 

 singled out, so that this material beoomes a fit object-lesson for the 



