20 HKPoirr of nation at, musf.um, 190". 



scapula^, obtained in exchange from the College of Physicians and 

 Snrgeons. New ^'ork. The specimens were selected hy Doctor 

 Urdlicka with the view of iilnstratino- all of tlie pi'incipal types of 

 iioi'iual variation in size and >ha])e. Twelve skull- (»f the extinct 

 Huron Indians and a number of other human bones were received 

 in exehanire from Laval University. Quebec, through Mi:r. J. (\ K. 

 Lallamme. and another normal, well-preserved skull of the same 

 tribe was donated l)y Prof. Henry Montgomery, of the University of 

 Toronto. The >kull of a Panama Indian, collected by Edward 

 Barson and transferred by the Bureau of American Ethnology, is 

 the first of its kind obtained from the Isthmus. Other interesting 

 specimens were contributed by Lieut, d. R, Harris, assistant surgeon, 

 U. S. Army; Dr. K. H. Fuhnuann. of 8t. Louis, Missouri: and I)rs. 

 J. D. Murray. D. S. Lamb. W. J. Tompkins, E. L. Morgan, and 

 fL K. Mitchell, of AVashington. As in previous years, a consideral)le 

 number of the brains of mammals and birds were pre})ared for tiie 

 comparati\e brain series, the s])ecimens from which they were 

 obtained having come niaiidy from the National Zoological Park, 

 and partly as donations from Air. E. S. Schmid, of Washington. 



Among the accessions in tthnolog}^ were two gifts from the Presi- 

 dent of the United States — an American Indian poncho and ."iO speci- 

 mens collected in the Kongo region of Africa by Mr. Clarence Rice 

 Slocuni, late consul-general at Boma. Maj. E. A. Mearns, surgeon, 

 U. S. Army, made important additions in continuation of his pre- 

 vious contributions, consisting of implements, utensils, and weapons 

 of the Philippine peoples, and esi)ecially of a collection of baskets 

 showing remarkable weaving from the rarelv visited island of 

 Palmas, olf the southeast end of Mindanao. Mr. A. F. Dre.sel, of 

 Nelson, Virginia, donated a Cherokee blowgun and two arrows; Dr. 

 J. K. Harris, I'. S. Army, a collection of ethnological specimens 

 gathered by him during service in the Philippines; and Mrs. L. E. 

 Bland, of "\Vhiteal)bey. .Vntrim. Irtdand. a nest of Malacca baskets 

 and .seven samples of old and modern" Malacca native lace. Of loans 

 to the division mention may be made of sixteen pieces obtained in 

 Mexico by the late Rev. J. Ilendrickson AlcCarty and deposited by 

 Mrs. L. X. F. McCarty, of Wa.shington; a collection of embroideries 

 and other art treasures from Mrs. A. C. Barney, of "Washington: and 

 a superb ancient Koi'eaii inlaid silver tobacco box from Dr. \\'iHiam 

 II. Dall. of the .Museum. Fifteen specimens, besides photographs 

 and drawings, of Danish. Icelandic, Swiss, and Caucasian weaving 

 devices for nuiking tajje were received in exchange from Air. Henry 

 Volkart. of St. Call. Switzerland: and a woman's costume from 

 Dalecarlia. Swe(len. together with a child's dress, cap. and apron, 

 from Mrs. J. Ilowaiil (iore. of AA'ashington. A collection of Cireen- 

 lantl Esknuo .-specimens and of historical objects from the Greely 



