REPORT OF NATIOITAL MUSEUM, 1923. 37 



was resumed this summer during the absence of the curator. Paint- 

 ing the storage drawers wliich house the study, series necessitated new 

 drawer labels and revised lists showing the location of the study 

 material, a task to which Mr. Paine has devoted almost his entire 

 time during the past six months. These new lists will make it pos- 

 sible to locate, with a minimum of effort, any individual specimen 

 not on exhibition. No material change was made in the public ex- 

 hibits. 



The collections in American archeology are now in better condi- 

 tion than ever before. A detailed plan prepared some years ago 

 was followed consistently; the exhibition series is being rearranged 

 as a necessary preliminary to the preparation of descriptive labels 

 and the study series is being reassembled with the object of bringing 

 archeological material together according to geographic units, thus 

 making it more readily accessible for examination. The task of com ■ 

 pleting the official records, which has largely occupied the staff for a 

 number of years past, has progressed satisfactorily. 



In the division of Old World archeology the section of ecclesias- 

 tical art and the Warner collection of Buddhist art were reinstalled 

 and labeled, and additions were made to the Egyptian antiquities. 

 Labels to the number of 247 were prepared. The collections are 

 found to be in excellent condition. 



Commendable progress was made in the division of physical 

 anthropology in cleaning and cataloguing the Huntington collec- 

 tion, this particularly in the last four months. Further installation 

 is blocked by the lack of facilities, and specimens which would be of 

 great interest to the public have to be crowded into drawers and 

 storage. The collections of the division are in first-class state except 

 as they suffer more and more from crowding. 



The section of art textiles was kept in good order and minor bet- 

 terments made. The section of musical instruments was improved by 

 the addition of instruments new to the collection. Some installation 

 was carried on in the section of ceramics. Especially noteworthy is 

 a recently installed case of American glass, consisting of old-fash- 

 ioned bottles and other glass. 



The laboratory was very active during the year, completing a new 

 Apache Indian group, three mannikins for the Chinese costumes 

 given by Mrs. Gertrude Bass Warner, and making numerous life 

 masks of Indians. Numerous other tasks were undertaken and com- 

 pleted. 



EESEABCHKS FOE THE BENEFIT OF THH MUSECM. 



The Head Curator engaged actively in the Secretary's Committee 

 on ways and means to increase the usefulness of the Smithsonian 

 Institution. He also expects to finish shortly the researches prose- 



