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New York. — From General Porter, complete opium-smokers' outfit (17198) ; from Peck 

 & Snyder, series ofmodern games, dumb-bells, gymnastic apparatus, croquet, box- 

 ing-gloves, archery, cock fighting, and theatrical outfits, Indian clubs, skates, la\Yu 

 tennis, lacrosse, base-ball, foot-ball, foils and masks (11187). 



From the Co operative Dress Association (1209G), lesthetic dress of 1882, mod- 

 ern adaption of ancient Grecian dress. 



From Capt. Charles Bendire, snow-shoes from the Adirondacks (17472). 



Neiv Hampshire.— Pai^ev-han^ings of last century. 



South Carolina. — Frontier conveniences and .clothing. 



Texas. — Old gun-flints. 



Virginia. — Dental snnft' and plantation specimens. 



iVeyada.— From the Ute Indians, basket -hats, basket harvesting-wands, wicker cradles, 

 fanning and roasting trays, water-tight archer bottles, carrying-baskets (1G956). 



Z7<a/(.— Quiver, bow, and arrows, rabbit-skin robes, photographs of headmen (13581) 

 from Bureau of Ethnology. 



Wisconsin.— Vlooden shoes worn by Swede and Norwegian settlers (16726). 



Wyoming. — Saddle of Indians (17121). 



MEXICO. 



The objects from this locality are principally from the collections of 

 Dr. Edward Palmer in Sonora and Chihuahua, and from the Mexican 

 Government at the New Orleans Ex])osition. The donations include 

 the following examples: (17111, 17070, 1GS60,)- Skull of Tarahuraara 

 Indian, thirty-nine casj;s of Mexican antiquities made by Eufemio Aba- 

 diano, illustrated atlas of Mexican social life and natural history, 

 atlas of primitive husbandry, such as i)lantiug board, cactus fruit 

 picker or tongs, primitive spade; wea])ons, including sling, bow, ar- 

 rows, and wrist-guard of Tarahumaras; horse-trappings, bridles, sad- 

 dles, blankets, stirrups, tether ropes, cinctures ; mealing tools, mortars 

 and pestles, metates and mullers or bi azos ; textile products, many wicker 

 baskets, wallets, bark cloth, sacks of pita and other native fiber, water 

 filters, jars, water skins. 



Complete outfit of Guadalajara potter, consisting of clay in various 

 stages of preparation, molds for modeling parts, molding tools of 

 rosewood, paint and brushes, casts and vessels in different stages of 

 completion, model of pottery, and drawing of shop. 



Household apparatus and utensils: Dippers of gourd, ladles, spoons 

 of wood, mush sticks, chocolate-cups, stirrers, i>ulque-sieves, trough 

 for washing. 



Articles of costume : Straw and palm hats, rain-coats, serapes, belts, 

 sandals, specimens of coarse cloth, money-bag, wash-rags of pita fiber, 

 hair-brushes of vegetable fiber. 



Furniture : Beds of cocoa and pita fiber, mattresses, pillows, floor 

 mats, chairs, floor brushes, wooden trays, brooms, scrubbing brushes, 

 chairs, shingie-jjius, fire-fans, torches, pot-carriers, head-bands, model 

 of pulque gatherer, gathering nuts, water-carriers' yoke. 



Ceremonial objects: Masks, dance-rattles, incensanos, uniforms of 

 l>olice and soldiers of different Mexican corps, fire-mattress, horse equip- 



