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resting place to be as similar as possible to those of her predecessors as the 

 altered customs would allow. 



With the assistance of Dr. T. A. Jaggar and Mr. J. Hedemann, 

 a search was made in the vicinity of Kilauea for the heiau of 

 Oalalauo recorded only by ElHs (1823). No trace of ancient struc- 

 tures was found. Mr. Stokes writes : 



The conclusion was forced that the site must formerly have been on a 

 portion of Waldron's ledge which has since fallen down. 



Near the city of Hilo, certain markings, sun, moon, stars, etc., previously 

 reported as petroglyphs, were located and found to be natural markings in 

 the lava. In their vicinity, however, true petroglyphs of human figures were 

 found." 



Accessions to the ethnological collection resulting from field 

 work by members of the stafif remain to be catalogued ; those re- 

 ceived through gift, loan and purchase are reported by the Curator 

 as follows : 



Gifts during the year have been received from: Mr. and Mrs. James 

 Campsie, Mesdames Hans Isenberg, M. T. Harvey, and H. B. Sinclair, Miss 

 M. L. Purdon, Messrs. G. P. Cooke, A. Gouveia, J. Mann, James Munro, H. 

 Schultz, and G. P. Wilder and the estate of the late James W. Robertson. 



Two of the gifts were particularly valuable. One of them was a carved 

 wooden figure from these islands, carried to America by Rev. Reuben Tinker 

 abotit 1840, and given to the Museum with other specimens by two of his 

 descendants. Miss Purdon and Mrs. Harvey. The other, from Necker Island, 

 a stone shaped as if for an image, was given by Mr. G. P. Wilder. 



Two collections of note were among the loans. The executors of the 

 John D. Paris estate deposited a collection fotmd some years ago by the late 

 Mr. Paris in a cave on the famous burial cliff at Kaawaloa. It included two 

 specimens which were previously unknown to us : a so-called dancing skirt, 

 a number of detached cords of twisted human hair — and a ceremonial wand 

 of peculiar pattern. 



The Catholic Mission of Hawaii deposited three wooden idols which 

 have been in its possession for about forty years. Two of them are over six 

 feet in height and were found in Waipio valley on Hawaii, the source local- 

 ity of so many of the native traditions. 



There were comparatively few purchases of specimens during the year. 

 The wooden idols found in the neighborhood of the famous temple of Pi- 

 hana. on Maui, were bought, following information received from another 

 friend of the Museum, Mr. Charles Wilcox of Maui. 



PULMONATA 



The Curator of Pulmonata reports that the number of speci- 

 mens added to the collection during 1919 is larger than that of any 

 previous year. 



The Brvan collection of marine mollusca has been acquired bv the 



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