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Hewett, and Mr. George W. Ellis. The contributions from Doctor 
Abbott comprised three collections, the first from the islands of 
Engano and Nias, off the west coast of Sumatra, with a few speci- 
mens from other neighboring localities; the second from West 
Borneo, and the third from western Sumatra. The Engano collec- 
tion is especially interesting for the reason that the natives, who 
are fast disappearing, present marked differences in their arts from 
the inhabitants of other near-by islands. It consists, besides photo- 
graphs of the people, of articles illustrating their costumes and orna- 
ments, weapons and trophies of war, canoes and paddles, nets and 
traps, domestic utensils, baskets, tools, and the products of various 
industries. The Nias collection, which is also large and valuable, was 
secured principally in the extreme north and south of the island. It 
resembles that from Engano, but is especially rich in objects of wor- 
ship. The material from West Borneo was secured in the Pontianak 
residency, which includes the waters of the Kapuas River system. 
This region was thoroughly explored by Doctor Abbott, who visited 
all the subdistricts. The collection is especially rich in basketry and 
weapons, but other classes of objects are well represented, such as 
traps, tools, and other utensils connected with the domestic arts, cos- 
tumes, musical instruments, and agricultural implements. The col- 
lection from western Sumatra, though much smaller than the others, 
is of much value. 
The collection of the Museum-Gates expedition contains about 3,000 
specimens. The exploration was conducted by Doctor Hough, in con- 
junction with Mr. P. G. Gates, of Pasadena, California, who gener- 
ously assumed the entire expense of the fieldwork. The season 
extended from June to October, 1905, the region covered lying in the 
mountains and drainage system of the San Francisco River on the 
border between Arizona and New Mexico. The material secured con- 
sists of pottery, stone implements, basketry, bows and arrows, tex- 
tile fabrics, ceremonial offerings, etc., from ancient pueblos and caves, 
the bones of several animals, including the bison, being obtained in 
the latter. From the pueblo cemeteries the skeletons of former 
inhabitants were secured, and from one of the caves three desiccated 
human bodies. A collection of plants was also made. 
An exploration of the ruins in Pajarito Park, New Mexico, by Prof. 
E. L. Hewett, for the Bureau of American Ethnology, resulted in the 
acquisition of 429 specimens, principally ancient Tewa pottery and 
bone and stone implements and crania. The collection is especially 
interesting on account of the class of pottery, which is of a new type, 
exhibiting a remarkable symbolism, and from the fact that the crania 
secured were almost all purely dolichocephalic. 
The collection from Mr. George W. Ellis, of Monrovia, Liberia, 
was received as a loan. It consists of 393 ethnological objects from 
