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mentioned to take the place of the various Government surveys and 

 expeditions sent out in previous years, through which large quantities 

 of ethnological material were acquired. During the year just closed 

 the total number of accessions was 79. Of the material acquired, how- 

 ever, a large proportion was collected under the auspices of the Museum 

 for the purpose of filling gaps in the existing series. 



The collection of greatest value was that obtained from the pueblos 

 of Arizona by Dr. J. Walter Fewkes. It consisted chiefiy of ancient 

 pottery, and of objects of wood, textile, and stone. The curator, Prof. 

 O. T. Mason, makes the following reference to this material: 



The value of the Fewkes material consists, first, in the fact that the student who 

 is to describe the collection is the one who also made it; secondly, while the modern 

 pueblos have been well studied by the various members of the Bureau of Ethnology, 

 and we have excellent information Jilso from Dr. Seler and others concerning the 

 culture of ancient Mexicans aud tlie inhabitants of Central America, Dr. Fewkes 

 has been able to trace out through this large number of examples the symbolism of 

 the pueblo worship, and to compare it with that of the more cultured regions lying 

 south. It forms, therefore, a connecting link between the study of modern pottery 

 made by other students and the old culture of the architectural tribes in Middle 

 America. 



Other accessions embracing material of value for study and compar- 

 ison are as follows: 



From Dr. W. L. Abbott, 121 specimens, obtained in Lower Siam, and 

 12 specimens from the Malay Archipelago; from the estate of the late 

 Maj. Charles Bendire, a small collection from Dakota and the northern 

 boundary; from Mrs. John G. liourke, a collection of ethnological 

 objects; from the Bureau of American Ethnology, 233 specimens, col- 

 lected by Mrs. Matilda C. Stevenson; and other small collections 

 throngh Mr. W J McGee, Dr. Marcus Baker, and Mr. James Mooney. 

 Thirty-seven specimens from Shanghai, China, were purchased; aud 

 there were received in exchange from the Canterbury Museum in New 

 Zealand 10 ethnological specimens, and from the Hon. John Daggett, 

 of California, 18 photographs of Klamath Indians, Dr. J. Walter 

 Fewkes presented 108 specimens from the Moki pueblos, and 20 speci- 

 mens were received from Mr. A. E. Hippisley. From Mr. E. W. Nelson 

 242 Alaskan specimens were purchased, and 91 specimens from 

 Durango, Mexico, were obtained in the same manner. Through the 

 Hon. W. W^ Rockhill, Assistant Secretary of State, excellent small 

 collections of photographs and other material have been received from 

 consuls in Korea aud the far East. From Miss E. E. Scidmore were 

 received 172 photographs obtained in various parts of the world (gift) ; 

 from Eev. D. W. Snyder, 85 objects from Africa (exchange); from Miss 

 M. A. Tribolet, 22 specimens from Burmah (gift). 



A collection of objects from the Seminole Indians of Florida was 

 purchased. Excellent service in the way of collecting from the tribes 

 in the Indian Territory has been performed by Mr. James Mooney, of 

 the Bureau of Ethnology. 



