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Seton-KaiT, of London, England. A carved stone image in the 

 form of a standing figure with ehiborate headdress, 20^ inches high, 

 from the ruins of ancient Tepoxthm, State of Morelos, Mexico, was 

 lent by Mrs. Harriet L. Dowling, of Washington, and 4 collections, 

 consisting mainly of prehistoric pottery, together with many shell 

 and stone artifacts, were deposited by Mr. A. H. Blackiston, of Cum- 

 berland, JMaryland. A cast of the largest known stone celt, found 

 near Granite, Illinois, in 1906, was received in exchange from the 

 Public Museum of JMilwaukee. Many plaster casts of prehistoric 

 stone implements owned elsewhere were made in the Museum 

 laboratory by Mr. H. W. Hendley. 



Comparatively few additions were made to the exhibition collec- 

 tions, which occupy the large upper hall in the Smithsonian building, 

 but the labeling and recording of the many specimens received during 

 the year occupied much time. The classification and arrangement 

 by subjects of the general collections, which are extensive and of 

 great importance, Avere continued. Researches based on this material 

 were chiefly carried on by Mr. William H. Holmes, curator of the 

 division, and Dr. J. W. Fewkes, collaborator. Several persons not 

 connected with the ]\Iuseum also made use of the collections. Among 

 these were Mr. James C. Christie, of Glasgow, Scotland, who worked 

 on material from the West Indies, Mexico, and Central America ; 

 Dr. Arthur L. Mitchell, of Aurora, New York, who examined certain 

 kinds of stone implements from the United States; and Mr. C. H. 

 Gallup, curator of the Firelands Historical Museum, of Norwalk, 

 Ohio, who studied the arts of the mound builders. The exchanges 

 of specimens, though not unimportant, were limited in number and 

 extent. 



The sundry civil act for 1908 provided for continuing the excava- 

 tions at Casa Cirande ruin, in Arizona, under the direction of the 

 Secretar}^ of the Smithsonian Institution, and for the protection and 

 improvement of the Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado, under the 

 supervision of the Secretary of the Interior. Dr. J. AY. Fewkes, who 

 conducted operations at both of these places, obtained a large and 

 valuable collection, but at the end of the year it had not reached the 

 Museum. 



Historic archeology. — Among the accessions in historic archeology' 

 may be mentioned a gift from President Roosevelt of a brass model 

 of the obelisk of Rameses II, the original of which stood in front of 

 the temple of Luxor, but is now in the Place de la Concorde in Paris; 

 some valuable inscribed pottery fragments from Egypt, presented 

 by Mr. F. B. Kilmer ; and two wax impressions of a signet ring from 

 Mr. Benjamin H. Boyadjian, of Turkey. This ring, which is en- 

 graved with human busts so that the upper part represents a man''s 

 face and the lower end the head of a boar, is interesting from both 



