106 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1892. 



From Mr. H. R. Thornton the Museum secured a complete suit of armor made in 

 imitation of that of Japan from plate of walrus ivory. 



A collection of ethnological objects from the Montagnais Indians of Labrador was 

 presented by Mr. Henry U. Grant. 



Lieut. G. B. Harber, U. S. Navy, presented a costly and beautiful series of fine, cloth- 

 ing from the Yokui of North .Siberia. Additional value is given this collection by 

 the fact that these costumes were worn by Lieut. Harber and members of his party 

 during the Jeannette relief expedition. 



Ur. J. Walter Fewkes presented to the Museum illustrations of Mold dances and 

 rendered good service in labeling many of the specimens collected already in the 

 Museum from ancient Tusayan. 



Dr. Franz Boas brought from the Chinuk tribes of Washington Territory a small 

 collection. 



FromCapt. R. H. Pratt, U. S. Army, the Museum has received a large collection from 

 various Indian tribes represented by the children at Carlisle school. 



From Mr. Charles de Struve the Museum received 39 portraits of the people of 

 Russia. 



Mr. John Murdoch gave a small collection of Eskimo clothing personally made by 

 him at Point Barrow, Alaska. 



The Museum received a great many favors from Mr. Stuart Culin, of Philadelphia, 

 who has familiarized himself with the games of the Chinese. 



Mr. J. H. Turuer, of the U. S. Coast Survey, gave the Museum 277 specimens col- 

 lected on the boundary line between Alaska and Canada. 



Dr. R. H. Lamborn, of Philadelphia, has loaned to the Museum a collection of 

 Galton's anthropometric apparatus. 



Mr. Edward Lovett, of Croydon, England, has continued to enrich the Museum 

 with specimens from the East. 



ROUTINE WORK. 



The routine work of the department of ethnology during- the fiscal 

 year was greatly aided by the construction of a large cabinet for the 

 study series of objects and the setting apart of a special room for 

 specimens too large for the ordinary cabinet. Owing to the lack of 

 space it will be impossible in the future to increase the number of ob- 

 jects on exhibition at any one time. To meet the difficulty, and also to 

 prepare for any additional space which maybe granted in the future to 

 this department, the curator has continued to mount and label new 

 specimens in standard unit boxes. The boxes compare in size to the 

 standard Museum drawers, viz : 30 inches in length by 24 inches in 

 width, and of any depth to suit specimens from 2 to 12 inches. When 

 once the specimens are mounted and labeled and sealed up in these ex- 

 hibition boxes, these may be filed away on shelves or racks like books 

 in a library. 



The curator has had a large number of drawings made and has pre- 

 pared the library material for a monograph on the arts of war among 

 the North American aborigines. Mr. Walter Hough has bestowed a 

 great deal of care on the preparation of a catalogue of the Korean col- 

 lection,* which has been brought together through the cooperation of 



See Report of U. S. National Museum, 1891, pp. 429-488. 



