52 REPOKT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1903. 



The collections assig-ned to the Department during the year number 

 24,319 specimens, and have been distributed among the several divisions 

 and sections as follows: 



Ethnology - 4' ^^^ 



Historic archeology - 20 



Prehistoric archeology 16, 181 



History and biography 1) ^02 



Physical anthropology - 99 



Ceramics 1'^" 



Historic religions 92 



Medicine 7 



Graphic arts - !> ^02 



Mechanical technology 149 



Photography 9 



Music 65 



Total - 24,319 



These collections are classed as gifts, purchases, transfers, deposits, 

 exchanges, and loans. 



GIFTS. 



Among the numerous gifts received in the Department during the 

 year the following maj' be especially mentioned: 



1. Collection of ethnological material from Svnnatra and the Anda- 

 man and Nicobar islands, presented by Dr. W. L. Abbott, of Phila- 

 delphia, who is one of the most generous benefactors of the Museum. 

 These collections number some 500 specimens, and illustrate the native 

 arts and industries of various primitive peoples of whom little is gen^- 

 erall}^ known. Their value is greativ enhanced l)y the fact that they 

 were obtained directly from the natives by a trai)ied collector, and are 

 accompanied by all essential historical and descriptive data. 



2. A large collection made by the late Col. F. F. Hilder, of the Bureau 

 of American Ethnology, in the Philippine Islands for the Pan-American 

 Exposition, and presented to the National Museum by the Government 

 board of the exposition. It includes upward of 1,500 specimens, and 

 illustrates in an effective manner many of the native industries of the 

 islands. 



3. A small series of ethnological specimens collected among the 

 Tlinkit Indians of southeastern Alaska by Lieut. G. T. Emmons, 

 U. S. Navy. These specimens have especial value, because of the 

 careful record of tribe, manufacture, and use furnished by the collector. 



4. A series of stone implements, believed to be of paleolithic age, 

 from the lateritic deposits ntnir Madras, India, presented by Mr. H. 

 W. Seton-Karr, of London, England. 



5. Relics of General and Mrs. U. S. Grant, consisting in large part 

 of objects presented to General and Mrs. Grant during their trip 

 abroad, as follows: Cabinet presented to Mrs. Grant by the Empress 



