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The anthropological department has likewise been enriched by material 

 relating to South American tribes. Thus, through the courtesy of Dr. 

 Orville A. Derby, director of the Geographical and Geological Survey of Sao 

 Paulo, Brazil, Kev. W. A. Cook collected for the Museum a large number 

 of ethnological objects from the Bororo Indians of Mato Grosso. These 

 Indians belong to the extended South American family, the Tupi-Guarani, 

 and their primitive mode of life as well as the picturesqueness of their 

 feather costumes and ornaments give a special importance to the collec- 

 tion, coming from an area hitherto but meagerly represented in the 

 Museum. 



Material of the same general character was gathered by Prof. J. B. 

 Steere, of Ann Arbor, Mich., from the Pamamary Indians and other tribes 

 about the Upper Purus River in Brazil. The word "Pamamary" signifies 

 "berry eaters," and as Professor Steere made a special study of these peo- 

 ple on account of their wild habit of life, the objects have special worth 

 in the series of industrial products. These Indians have not been classi- 

 fied linguistically, but form an outstanding group. Through an exchange 

 with the Field Columbian Museum there was secured a selection from the 

 ethnological material pertaining to the various tribes on the Upper Para- 

 guay River exhibited by Dr. Emil Hassler and the Brazilian Commission 

 at the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893. These are chiefly articles 

 of dress gorgeously decorated with feathers, the savages of that region 

 being very fond of arraying themselves with feathers of most brilliant 

 colors. There are also numerous specimens of textiles. The tribes rep- 

 resented by this large and varied collection are the Apiaca (Tupian), 

 Angaytes, Cadoca (Guaycurian), Cainguas, Chamacoco Brabos, Chama- 

 coco Manos, Cordovas, Cuximanaimnas, Guanas (Arawakan), Guaranis 

 (Tupian), Guatos (Tapuyan), Lenguas (Lenguan), Matacos (Matacoan), 

 Omiris, Parecis (Arawakan), and Payaguas (Payaguan). 



Some interesting ethnological objects from California, Alaska, Hawaii, 

 and the Fiji Islands were secured during the year, including various im- 

 plements and utensils illustrating the early tribes of the Pacific coast; and 

 especially conspicuous among them is a series of obsidian implements of 

 remarkable size and execution. 



From Miss M. A. Shufeldt, of Morristown, N. J., the Museum has 

 obtained a series of ethnological material from China, Japan, and Korea, 

 associated with historical events in which her father. Admiral Robert W. 

 Shufeldt, U. S. N., played an important part, many of the o'^iiects being 

 of considerable extrinsic value as well as of historical interest. 



Among the objects received during the year from the Philippine Islands 

 may be mentioned those presented by Gen. James M. Bell, U. S. V., 

 which include three pieces of Bicol armor, a signal torch, several spears, 

 bows and arrows, a war club, and a shield. Dr. W. L. Abbott, who for 

 so many years has enriched the Museum with the results of his extensive 

 explorations in the East, has now contributed a large and varied ethno- 

 logical collection from the Andaman and Nicobar islands, a particular 

 interest attaching to these groups for the reason that the inhabitants, 

 especially those of the Andamans, are among the most primitive of man- 

 kind. These people belong to the "Negritos," or small negroids of south- 

 eastern Asia, and are allied to the Semangs of the Malayan peninsula and 



