REPORT ON THE DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY 

 FOR THE YEAR 1900-1901. 



By William H. Holmes, 

 Head Curator. 



The year has been one of unusual activity, the volume of business 

 transacted by the Department far exceeding' that of any previous year. 

 This condition is due in part to the fact that exhibits were collected 

 and prepared for the Pan-American Exposition at Buffalo. More than 

 half the force of the Department were engaged upon this work almost 

 exclusively for a period of six months. A detailed account of the 

 exhibits displayed at Buffalo is appended to this report. 



The accessions for the year are more numerous than usual and of 

 exceptional scientific value. Of those deserving special notice, received 

 by the Department and assigned to the various divisions and sections, 

 the following may be mentioned : 



COLLECTED FOR THE MUSEUM. 



Ethnological material from Polynesia, Micronesia, Melanesia, etc., 

 collected for the Museum by Mr. C. H. Townsend and Dr. H. F. 

 Moore, naturalists on the U. S. Fish Commission steamer AH»itross 

 during the expedition of 1899-1900 to the Tropical Pacific, under the 

 direction of Alexander Agassiz. This is a second installment of the 

 collection made by these gentlemen, the larger part having been 

 received during the previous year. The total number of specimens 

 obtained is 330. 



Ethnological material from the Pamamary Indians and other tribes 

 of the upper Purus River, in Brazil, collected by Prof. J. B. Steere. of 

 Ann Arbor. Michigan. 



Implements and rejectamenta of manufacture from an ancient Hint 

 quarry in Union County, Illinois, collected by W. II. Holmes, head 

 curator; 155 specimens. 



Ethnological material from the Bororo Indians of Matto-Grosso, -in 

 Brazil; collected by Rev. William A. Cook, through the courtesy of 

 Dr. Orville A. Derby, director of the geographical and geological sur- 

 vey of the province of Sao Paulo, Brazil; Li'3 specimens. 



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