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America; and as much Avill be written about this industry In the near 

 future it is very imjjortant for autliors to reach an agreement in this 

 particuhir. To give each specimen its full value, the describer 

 should furnish its native name and that of the tribe using it, the 

 location, and the materials. The spelling of the words should be 

 uniform and of good usage, so that the least possible confusion will 

 arise. These subjects are discussed in a manuscript by Professor 

 Mason, entitled : "" Vocabulary of Malaysian Basket Work," which 

 has recently been sent to press. Another completed study by the same 

 author on the Abbott collections embraces the trap series, using the 

 term in its broadest sense. 



The results of a special research by Dr. Walter Hough, assistant 

 curator of ethnology, on the material in the Museum relating to the 

 pulque industry of Mexico w^ere published in the Proceedings. Doc- 

 tor Hough also began a study of the blow^guns collected by Doctor 

 Abbott in Malaysia, and of the comparative status of blowguns in 

 other regions. 



Information on ethnological subjects was furnished to many appli- 

 cants, and a number of persons visited the division for the purpose 

 of studying its collections or its methods of work and installation. 

 Data relative to Indian costumes were supplied to several artists, 

 including Mr. Francis D. Millet, Mr. William Ordway Partridge, 

 Mr. H. K. Bush-Brown, Mr. Francis P. Wightman, and Mr. E. V. 

 Valentine. Miss M. E. Adams, of Pasadena, California, and Miss 

 Mary Lois Kissell, of the American Museum of Natural History, 

 worked on the basketry collection. Miss Candace Thurber, of New 

 York, examined specimens of Indian quill work and embroidery with 

 reference to technical processes and designs, and Miss INI. Kunckell, 

 of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, studied the methods of arranging and 

 labeling Indian photographs, paintings, and plates. Mr. H. J. Spin- 

 den, of the Peabody Museum of Harvard University, made use of 

 the material relating to the Nez Perce Indians, on which he is pre- 

 paring a memoir for the American Anthropological Association. 

 Prof. Emil Goeldi, of Bern, Switzerland, obtained information on 

 the technic of horn, antler, and bone work among the American 

 Indians, and Mr. George K. Holmes, of the Department of Agricul- 

 ture, material for an article on Indian agriculture in this country 

 before the advent of the whites. Dr. N. Gordon Munro, of Yoko- 

 hama, an authority on the archeology of Japan, examined the col- 

 lections from ancient Japanese sites. Mr. Joseph G. Kent, of the 

 Land Office, was instructed as to the collection of data relative to 

 the ancient ruins of the Hopi Indian Reservation in Arizona. Mr. 

 Joseph B. Hingeley, of Minneapolis, made inquiries regarding the 

 medicine charts of the Ojibwa, of which he has translated several, 

 and he has now in course of preparation an article embodying the 



