84 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1914. 



Valuable relics of the Stone Age in Europe, consisting of 51 

 originals and 17 casts of pre-paleolithic and 74 paleolithic imple- 

 ments of Chellean stages of the paleolithic period, were received in 

 exchange from Prof. A. Rutot, of the Royal Museum of Natural His- 

 tory of Belgium. A collection of antiquities, also obtained in ex- 

 change, from the Zoological Museum of the University of Copen- 

 hagen, Denmark, through Mr. Herluf Winge, director, comprises 

 65 stone implements, 47 shells, 2 potter}^ fragments, and 1 bone needle, 

 from the kitchen middens of Denmark, and 59 animal bones from 

 the kitchen middens of Iceland. Sixty-four paleolithic flints (Mous- 

 terian type), 10 animals bones and 1 piece of breccia from the La 

 Quina cave, France, were contributed by Dr. Henri Martin, of Paris, 

 France; and a collection of early stone implements recentl}^ found in 

 two caves of Jersey, England, were presented by Dr. R. R. Marett, 

 of Exeter College, Oxford, England. 



The routine work was chiefly a continuation of the sorting and 

 arrangement of the material of the Stone Age, including the prepa- 

 ration of a slip inventory containing the necessary data for the card 

 catalogue and labels. The addition of 16 table cases entailed the 

 rearrangement of a part of the exhibition series and permitted a 

 better and more adequate clispla}^ of the collections. About 300 

 ancient coins were determined and installed, and a considerable 

 amount of material, especially of the Stone Age, which could not be 

 exhibited, was placed in the bases of exhibition cases, where it is 

 convenient for study and reference. 



Physical anthropology. — The accessions deserving of special notice, 

 arranged somewhat in the order of their importance, were as follows : 

 A collection of skeletons and skulls of Eskimo and Aleuts made for 

 the Museum, under the direction of the curator, by Dr. Riley D. 

 Moore ; 21 crania of Buriats, the most important native tribe of cen- 

 tral Siberia, and 5 Mongolian crania from the vicinity of Kiakhta, 

 obtained for the Museum by Prof. A. V. Bartasov, of Troickosavsk, 

 Siberia; 16 anatomical specimens and 12 casts of the brains of 

 prominent persons, received in exchange from Prof. D. P. von Hanse- 

 mann, of the Rudolf Virchow-Krankenhaus, Berlin, Germany; 5 

 skeletons and 2 skulls from Tennessee and Alabama, presented by 

 Mr. Clarence B. Moore, of Philadelphia, Pa.; and 10 recent skulls, 

 with 6 old skeletons and 2 skulls, from the district of Melnik, Bohemia, 

 collected for the Museum by Prof. J. Matiegka, of the Bohemian 

 University, at Prague. Three valuable additions were made to the 

 collection of casts of early man in Europe. They consisted of the 

 skeletal remains of the Spy Man, obtained in exchange from the 

 Universite de Liege, Belgium, through Prof. Charles Fraipont, con- 

 servator of its museum; a cast of the La Quina skull, also an ex- 

 change, from Dr. Henri Martin, of Paris, France ; and a cast of the 



