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were obtained from Baron Lajos Ambrozy de Sedan, of Temesvar, 
Hungary, was completed and installed in a large case in the same hall. . 
In the gallery of the northwest court the Patagonian, British Guiana, 
and Costa Rican objects were rearranged, and the figure cases prepared 
in the same manner as in other halls. Through the completion of the 
fire wall in this court the hanging of the collection of South American 
oil paintings of Indian subjects and the final disposition of baskets 
and decorative objects became possible. 
The extensive repairs in the hall of prehistoric archeology, the large 
upper room in the Smithsonian building, were completed in 1905, and 
advantage was taken of the opportunity to entirely reorganize the 
important collections of this division. It was found necessary to tem- 
porarily screen off one end of the room for storage and laboratory 
purposes, but the exhibition series was opened to the public on Janu- 
ary 22, 1906. The work of revision was slow and laborious, the cases 
and their contents having first to be thoroughly cleaned. The floor 
cases were rearranged and some new ones added, and many of the less 
important specimens were transferred to storage, to make room for 
recent accessions of greater interest to the public. The hall is now in 
a much more attractive and satisfactory condition than ever before. 
Among the noteworthy features which supplement the older collec- 
tions are engraved stone plates, discoidal stones, bird-shaped and boat- 
shaped amulets, banner stones, and a series of both chipped and 
polished stone objects of the rarer types; a number of ancient Peru- 
vian textiles belonging to the Pope collection; casts of rare Mexican 
antiquities, such as drums, knives, jade carvings, and images in clay 
and stone; the Seton-Karr collection of chipped flint implements from 
the Fayum district of Egypt, and the Harris collection of archeologi- 
cal objects from Ohio and Missouri. Casts of the Abadiano collection 
of important Mexican sculptures and casts of carved stone yokes, 
** Palmas” stones, bas-reliefs, etc., from Mexico; the Brigham collec- 
tion of ancient burial pottery, including two very large vases from 
the island of Marajo, Brazil; and parts of the West Indian collections 
of Latimer, Gabb, and Fewkes, comprizing stone collars, zemes, masks, 
hatchets, pestles, beads, and objects of clay, bone, and shell, have 
been installed in six especially large cases which occupy the center of 
the hall. A number of originals and casts of large Mexicanand Peru- 
vian bas-reliefs have been hung on the western wall. 
The series of casts illustrating the history of classical sculpture has, 
from lack of better accommodations, been assembled temporarily in 
the court devoted to the graphic arts, which has thereby become 
unduly crowded to the disadvantage of both subjects. The pieces, 
145 in number, are displayed in large center cases and on pedestals, 
walls, and screens. 
