22 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, K02. 



As a complete list of the accessions for the year is given in Appen- 

 dix II, and the more important ones are described in the reports of 

 the head curators, attention will be called in this connection to only 

 such as are especially noteworthy. 



The total number of specimens added to the Department of Anthro> 

 pology was 40,083, prehistoric archeology heading- the list with 22,197 

 specimens, ethnology following with 14,335 specimens, and history 

 and biography standing third with 2.270 specimens. 



Among tlie important contril)uti(>ns in ethnology were a quantit}" of 

 baskets, weapons, ornaments, and parts of costumes collected by Dr. 

 W. L. Abbott in the Andaman and Nicobar islands, some of which 

 have been described and illustrated by Lieut. W. E. Safford, U. S. 

 Navy, in the Smithsonian Report for 1001; and many other objects, 

 including crania, native ch)thing, lamps, and articles connected with 

 the industries of the Eskimo, obtained in northern Greenland and EUes- 

 mero Land by Mr. Robert Stein, of the U. S. Geological Survej'-, 

 during his Arctic expedition. A number of Guatemalan costumes 

 and of objects illustrating the first steps in the weaving of cotton as 

 practiced in that country, as well as other ethnological material, were 

 received from Mrs. Mary W. Owen, of Panzos, Guatemala. Two 

 interesting donations were a series of weapons captured during the 

 Philippine insurrection, inchiding several Filipino swords of the ordi- 

 nar}^ type, some bolos, and a kris, from Maj. E. L. Hawks, U. S. 

 Volunteers; and a collection consisting principally of the different 

 types of "punal de kris," a weapon carried by the women and children 

 in the Philippine Islands, together with a device formerly used in the 

 Philippine army for decapitating wounded soldiers, from Dr. W. C. 

 Warmsle}^, of Norwich, Connecticut. Another Philippine collection, 

 secured b}^ purchase from Mr. J. N. Harkins, of Calhoun, Georgia, 

 comprises weapons, cooking utensils, tobacco l)oxes, charm belts, 

 models of boats, newspapers, statuettes, and coins. 



A collection of choice objects brought together by the iati^ Dr. G. 

 Brown Goode, and secured during the year, includes musical instru- 

 ments, Japanese porcelains, domestic utensils, gambling devices, 

 plaques, vases, an incense box, old Kutani ware, Marcusi ware, Cloi- 

 sonne plates and bowls, trays, English chinaware, and ironstone china 

 from China. Other additions to the collection of musical instruments 

 were a small series of instruments used ])y the American Indians and 

 several from European countries, including a n^^ckleharpa obtained 

 by exchange from Mrs. J. Crosl)y Brown, of Orange, New Jersev, 

 and 78 pieces, comprising instruments of the Javanese, Chinese, Tib- 

 etans, Japanese, and Persians; Syrian and Egyptian kettledrums, a 

 Turkish mandolin, etc., presented bj^Dr. R3^an Devereaux, U. S. Army. 



A complete set of the gold and silver corns of Siam, and a series of 

 Spanish coins minted in Mexico and the Philippine Islands, embracing 



