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stone from Florida, gift of A. C. Schenck, O. E. Offett, and H. M. 

 Alexander; a chunkey stone of superior workmanship from Ken- 

 tucky, transferred from the Bureau of American Ethnology; a 

 carving in catlinite of a buffalo, found in Pennsylvania about 1850, 

 gift of Miss Mary H. Bayly; and 110 stone implements and pot- 

 sherds from the Susquehanna River, Pa., collected and presented by 

 John L. Baer, who also gave 93 white quartz blades forming part of 

 a cache uncovered in Pennsylvania some years ago. 



The most valuable and interesting specimens received in the divi- 

 sion of Old World archeology were the ornate statue of Buddha of 

 gilt bronze from the Imperial Palace of Peking, gift of Maj. Murray 

 Warner through his widow, Mrs. Gertrude Bass Warner; and a 

 large wooden statue of Buddha and a Naga shrine from Burma, gift 

 of William Lilly. Mention should also be made, on account of their 

 uniqueness, of two oil paintings of Siberian shamans in their func- 

 tional outfit, which were secured in an exchange. 



The accessions in physical anthropology, from a scientific stand- 

 point, were important. They included six skeletons and skulls 

 from New Mexico, collected by Neil M. Judd, gift of the National 

 Geographic Society; five skeletons and skulls, collected by F. W. 

 Hodge in New Mexico, gift of the Museum of the American Indian 

 (Heye Foundation), New York City; 24 skulls and incomplete skele- 

 tons of Indians from mounds in South Dakota, collected by AV. E, 

 Myer, transferred from the Bureau of American Ethnology; 10 

 skulls and also jaws, gift of Calvin S. Brown; 2 Cherokee skulls 

 obtained by the curator through friends at Bristol, Tenn., on a trip 

 to visit bone caves in that region ; and a remarkable specimen con- 

 sisting of an artistic wreath made of the hair of no less than 216 

 members of one of the old American families, gift of H. E. Howe. 



The collection of musical instruments received noteworthy ex- 

 amples of pianos from Hugo Worch, custodian. These specimens 

 were all prepared for installation and placed on exhibit. Especially 

 interesting is a gilt double-bank harpsichord, by Pleyel, of Paris. 

 Mr. Worch's other gifts consisted of a German square piano with 

 overstrung scale, a square piano made by John Seller, Alexandria, 

 Va., in 1810, and an upright piano, of the same date, made by Robert 

 Wornum, London, containing his patent action. 



EXPLORATIONS AND EXPEDITIONS. 



As in former years, this department was much indebted to the 

 Bureau of American Ethnology for the addition of choice objects of 

 material culture. The bureau is really in a position to be the prin- 

 cipal and frequent contributor to the anthropological collections, as 

 field work is carried on among the Indians constantly. This source 

 has dwindled through the lack of funds to enable the field workers 



