Accessions— Anthropology 



The East Asian collections were notably enhanced through the 

 generosity of Dr. David C. Graham, of Englewood, Colorado, who 

 presented to the Museum a group of anthropological materials that 

 he collected during his long residence in west China. Included is a 

 collection of more than 300 Chinese and Tibetan rubbings and wood- 

 block prints, outstanding among which is a series of rubbings (taken 

 from west China tomb-reliefs dating from the Han period, 207 B.C. 

 to A.D. 220) of particular historical, cultural, and aesthetic signifi- 

 cance (described in Chicago Natural History Museum Bulletin, De- 

 cember 1957). The rubbings and prints are especially welcome 

 because most of the pieces originate in west China, a region previ- 

 ously not well represented in the Museum's outstanding collection of 

 more than 4,000 such rubbings (see page 30). A monetary contribu- 

 tion was made to to the Museum by the American Friends of China 

 in memory of Dr. Berthold Laufer, former Chief Curator of Anthro- 

 pology, to be used for the acquisition of materials needed for the 

 East Asian collections. Dr. William R. Bascom, Director of the 

 Museum of Anthropology at the University of California, gave the 

 Museum four objects of primitive art made by the Yoruba people of 

 Nigeria, West Africa — two carved wooden figures from Oyo, Nige- 

 ria, and two masks. A rare tapa-cloth poncho from Polynesia was 

 presented by Mrs. Carl von Gunten of Wheaton, Illinois, the first 

 garment of this kind in the Museum's collections from Polynesia. 

 Among several items given by Miss C. F. Bieber of Santa Fe, New 

 Mexico, was a fine example of bead and shell appliqu^ from Borneo. 

 The Museum received an additional 132 pieces of Philippine ceramic 

 recoveries from Evett D. Hester (the third and final portion of a 

 collection that he has given to the Museum), in which Chinese, Sia- 

 mese, and Indochinese origins are represented. 



Care of the Collections— Anthropology 



Under the direction of Curator Quimby archaeological materials from 

 eastern North America were moved to the third floor from the base- 

 ment storeroom by Museum Fellow James A. Brown, who completed 

 the checking of specimens and reorganized the collections by state 

 and county proveniences. Sorting and checking the Oceanic collec- 

 tions in the Pacific Research Laboratory was completed by Evett D. 

 Hester and Allen S. Liss, Assistant in Anthropology, and the labora- 

 tory and collections were opened for research. In addition, the per- 



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