92 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1933 



Research by the curator of physical anthropology, Dr. Ale§ 

 Hrdli^ka, was concentrated on his field work in Alaska and on study 

 of the skeletal materials brought back. He also finished an extensive 

 work on "The Anthropology of the Pueblos", measured the col- 

 lection of Chinese skeletons, and prepared for publication a mono- 

 graph on "Ear Exostoses: Contribution to Racial Pathology." 

 The assistant curator, Dr. T. D. Stewart, measured the tympanic 

 plate and external auditory meatus in the Eskimo, California Indians, 

 and related groups; tested the skull-capacity machine and studied 

 the skull-capacity problem in general; studied the vertebral column 

 in the Eskimo; and continued research on the hair directions of 

 primates. 



DISTRIBUTION AND EXCHANGE OF SPECIMENS 



Four gifts made to other institutions included 72 specimens. 

 One lot consisted of preliistoric Esldmo objects collected in dupH- 

 cate by Dr. Hrdlicka and Mr. Collins. Two small gifts represent- 

 ing the history of the Japanese Red Cross Society were made to 

 the National Red Cross Museum of Washington, D.C., and a large 

 collection was sent to the City Museum of Talladega, Ala. Sixteen 

 specimens were transferred to the divisions of textiles and archeology. 



During the year eight lots of archeological material (612 speci- 

 mens) were sent out in exchange or as gifts to educational institu- 

 tions, as follows: 104 specimens (gift) for scientific purposes to 

 Rev. David C. Graham, Suifu, Szechwan, China; 167 specimens 

 (gift) to the City Museum of Talladega, Ala.; 1 cast of a slate tube 

 to Dr. Charles Back, Montezuma, Ind., in exchange for permission 

 to make and retain a cast of the original; 4 lots of potsherds (gift) 

 to the Antelope Valley Museum, Lancaster, Calif. ; 3 casts of Easter 

 Island wooden tablets as a gift to the Musee d'Ethnographie, Palais 

 du Trocadero, Paris; 4 casts (2 sendings) to W. J. Curtis, Piqua, Ky., 

 in exchange for permission to make similar replicas; 329 Old World 

 archeological specimens (gift) to the Hastings College Museum, Hast- 

 ings, Nebr. 



NUMBER OF SPECIMENS UNDER DEPARTMENT 



During the year the department received 131 accessions, a total 

 of 4,877 specimens. Of these, 4 accessions comprising 510 specimens 

 were loans. The material was distributed as follows: Ethnology, 

 48 accessions (961 specimens); archeology, 64 accessions (2,737 

 specimens); physical anthropology, 18 accessions (658 specimens); 

 musical instruments, 2 accessions (2 specimens); ceramics, 7 ac- 

 cessions (378 specimens) ; and art textiles, 8 accessions (141 specimens). 



