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the reform or heretic king of Egypt and his queen, a statuette of the 

 latter, and a finely molded cat, the emblem of the goddess Bast, 

 which are a desirable addition to the Egyptian section of the Mu- 

 seum. Mention is also to be made of a fine terra-cotta statutette of 

 Daruma, the 28th patriarch of the Buddhist hierarchy, a lacquered 

 Buddha statuette on an elaborate triple throne, and a pair of lac- 

 quered statuettes of Buddhist saints; also two bronze plaques with 

 representations of Bodhisattvas. 



In physical anthropology notable accessions to the collection re- 

 lating to ancient man were received. 



Casts of the skull of La Quina were received as a gift from the 

 curator of the division. This is a remarkable cast of the recently 

 reconstructed adult skull of La Quina, which dates from the Neander- 

 thal period. The cast is a masterly work, resembling the original to 

 the smallest detail, and was possible only through the favor of 

 Dr. Henri Martin, owner of the original. Casts of the Obercassel 

 skulls and skeleton, also received as a gift from the curator, are 

 quite valuable first-hand casts. They were possible through the 

 favor of Profs. Johannes Sobotta and G. Steinmann of the Univer- 

 sity of Bonn, Germany. 



Three boxes of slides relating to West African research on 

 anthropoid apes and on the natives by the late Prof. R. C. Garner, 

 have not only scientific value (they have already been used to good 

 purpose by the Museum taxidermist in preparing his anthropoid 

 groups), but they are also of much interest as being the slides which 

 Professor Garner used in his lectures. Many of the slides are beau- 

 tifully colored. They were donated to the Museum at the wish of 

 Professor Garner by his son, H. Garner, Washington, D. C. 



In addition to the above there were eleven accessions of human 

 skeletal material. The more valuable of these, comprising two 

 skulls and one complete skeleton of a remarkable type from near 

 Mobridge, S. Dak., were donated to the Museum together with a 

 number of archeological specimens by E. S. Petersen, Mobridge, 

 S. Dak. 



EXPLORATIONS AND EXPEDITIONS. 



A few ethnological specimens were received as a result of the 

 exploration of Dr. W. M. Mann of the Division of Insects of the 

 U. S. National Museum, carried on in southern Mexico for the De- 

 partment of Agriculture. 



From Miss Frances Densmore's investigations among the Yuma 

 Indians of Arizona and some tribes in northern Mexico for the 

 Bureau of American Ethnology a collection of ethnologica was 

 received. 



