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stone l)alls, pottery, a "regurg-itating'''' or swallowing bone made 

 from the rib of a manatee and finel}^ carved with a human figure, etc. 

 This remarkable collection comprises 1,287 specimens. 



3. A series of implements and other objects collected l)y Mr. W. H. 

 Holmes and Gerard Fowke from an aboriginal hematite mine at Leslie, 

 Missouri. The mining tools include roughly grooved mauls, hammer 

 stones, and picks of stone and hematite. There are also specimens of 

 the ore mined and used as paint, a large mass of hematite weighing 

 1,600 pounds, showing marks of the ancient mining tools, and arrow 

 points, leaf-shaped blades, and spearheads of flint. 



■i. An archeological collection comprising 3,058 specimens, obtained 

 by Mr. Frank K. Gushing, from the shell heaps on Gampbell and 

 Torre}^ Islands, Maine. It consists of stone implements, such as 

 knives, spearheads, arrow points, scrapers, and drills; an interesting 

 series of bone objects, among which are harpoon heads, arrow points, 

 awls, needles, and a large number of pieces of animal bones showing- 

 marks of cutting and sawing. There are also fragments of rude 

 pottery. 



Gollections of Dr. Frank Russell, of Harvard, accessions 39990 and 

 39991, secured by him among the Pima Indians of southern Arizona. 

 A description of the collection will appear in a forthcoming report of 

 the Bureau of American Ethnolog3\ The first of these consists of 289 

 specimens and was received as a deposit from the Bureau of Ethnology; 

 the latter consisting of 44: specimens of Pima baskets, was purchased. 



EXCHANGES. 



1. Ethnological specimens, 41 in number, including baskets, a tobacco 

 bag, a pipe, a woman's knife, and other Indian articles; from Lieut. 

 G. T. Emmons, U. S. Navy. ' 



2. Two fowling pieces and three Filipino swords; from Mr. Paul 

 Beckwith. 



3. Stone implements, from Uruguay, forwarded b}^ the Museo 

 Nacional of Montevideo through Senor Luis A. de Hererra, secretary 

 of the Legation of Uruguay, in exchange for North American archeo- 

 logical and ethnological specimens. 



LOANS. 



1. One hundred and thirty-one specimens of oriental metal work, 

 lacquer, and porcelain, including a number of examples of Buddhist 

 and Hindu religious art; by Miss Eliza Ruharaa Scidmore. 



2. Forty-seven objects of Buddhist religious art; by S. S. Howland. 



3. Relics of Gen. Alexander Macomb, senior major-general of the 

 United States Army from 1821 to 1848, consisting of swords, uniforms, 

 chapeaux, etc. ; by Mrs. F. G. d'Hautville. 



