26 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1909. 



tributed by Dr. Edward Palmer, of the Department of Agriculture. 

 Mr. William B. Douglass, of AVashington, District of Columbia, pre- 

 sented a number of cliff' dweller relics from the neighborhood of the 

 great natural bridges of southeastern Utah. 



Central and South America were represented by a few small col- 

 lections. Mrs. William H. Bell, of Washington, presented a collec- 

 tion of photographs of the San Bias Indians; Mrs. H. C. Curl, of 

 Washington, a wicker basket from the interior of Panama ; and Mr. 

 Frank E. Read, of Panama, a trumpet, basket, gourd vessels, and 

 resin from the Indians of Bocas del Toro, Panama. A remarkable 

 hafted stone hatchet of the Guayaquil Indians was given by Mr. 

 Francesco P. Moreno, of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Rear-Admiral 

 A. V. Eeed, U. S. Navy (retired), deposited a handkerchief of filmy 

 spider-web lace from Paraguay, and from Mr. J. N. Euffin, Buenos 

 Aires, Argentina, two suits of Tobo Indian clothing were purchased. 

 A Makah basket wallet, collected by Admiral Charles Wilkes, U. S. 

 Nav3% and long in the possession of the Wilkes family, was received 

 as a loan from Miss Sophie Pearce Casey, of Washington, District of 

 Columbia. In quality, size, and decoration, the basket is unique. 



The usual attention was paid to the care of the collections. The 

 Philippine exhibit was taken down and prepared for the Alaska- 

 Yukon-Pacific Exposition, the swords and other articles of metal 

 being cleaned and made rust-proof, and the remainder of the mate- 

 rial being greatly improved. The Philippine weaver, the Zuni, and 

 the Hopi groups were also sent to Seattle, and the cases which they 

 had occupied were used for the installation of the Bradford Cheti- 

 macha baskets, the Ceylon figures, and the Leiter collection of Hindu 

 art textiles. Important accessions have been promptly placed on ex- 

 hibition, which has necessitated the rearrangement of many cases. 

 With the assistance of Mr. Frits von Holm, of Copenhagen, while in 

 the service of the Smithsonian Institution, much progress was made 

 in the labeling of the Chinese and Japanese collections. Constant 

 advance has been made in the preparation of the study and storage 

 collections for removal to the new building. A complete list of ac- 

 cessions by localities has been compiled ; it will be immediately help- 

 ful as well as of historical interest. 



The acting head curator of the department. Dr. Walter Hough, 

 continued his study of the life and culture of the ancient inhabitants 

 of the upper Gila and Salt rivers in Arizona, based on the large col- 

 lection gathered by the expeditions made possible through the liber- 

 ality of Mr. P. G. Gates. Another investigation which will shortly 

 be completed deals with the cultivation of maize among the Hopi 

 Indians of Arizona, whose methods illustrate an early phase of the 

 cultivation of cereals. The Abbott collections offer a number of inter- 

 esting topics for study, and of these the parang or sword-knife, the 



