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of importance to the student of religious views and practices, reveal- 

 ing, as they do, a peculiar phase in the development of religious ideas 

 under various heterogeneous influences. 



Leaf -shaped Hint implements from a mound in Scott County, Illinois; 

 from Mr. C. E. Clifton. Washington. District of Columbia; 143 

 specimens. 



Stone implements, pottery, etc., from southern Jamaica, West 

 Indies; collected by Mr. Robert C. MacCormack, Salt River, Jamaica; 

 319 specimens. 



Leaf-shaped flint implements from a cache, plowed up in Jackson 

 County, Indiana; from Mr. L. W. Stillwell, Deadwood, South Dakota; 

 -'It i specimens. 



Antiquities from the islands of St. Kitts, St. Bartholomews, Nevis, 

 and Santa Lucia, West Indies; from Dr. C. W. Branch, St. Kitts; 

 330 specimens. 



Archeological collection from the northwest coast of America; 

 from Lieut. George T. Emmons, U. S. Navy; 248 specimens. 



Ethnological material from Indian tribes of the Great Plains; col- 

 lected by Capt. Paul B. Carter; 114 specimens. 



Stone implements, etc., from California, Alaska, Hawaii, Fiji, etc.; 

 obtained from Mr. Nathan Joseph, San Francisco, California; 43 

 specimens. 



Ethnological objects, consisting of porcelain, lacquer, metal work, 

 embroideries, etc., from China, Japan, and Korea; obtained from Miss 

 M. A. Shufeldt; 177 specimens. 



Portraits of American Indians (oil colors), by Mr. J. H. Sharp, Cin- 

 cinnati. Ohio; 11 specimens. 



Ethnological objects from the Bella Coola Indians, British Colum- 

 bia: obtained from Mr. 1. Fouquer, Crookston, Minnesota; 130 speci- 

 mens. 



OBTAINED THROUGH EXCHANGE. 



Collections from various tribes of the Upper Paraguay River, viz, 

 the Omiris, Kechuas, Chamacoco Brabos, Chamacoco Mansos, Len- 

 guas, Cuximanapanas, Guanas, Corvados, Angaytes, Matacos, Sana- 

 panas, Caiuguas, Tupis, Cadocas, Apiacas, Guatos, Guaranis, Paya- 

 guas, Parecis. Tobas, Chavantes, and Coroados; collected by Dr. Emil 

 Hassler and procured in exchange from the Field Columbian Museum; 

 117 specimens. This is part of the great collection exhibited by Dr. 

 Hassler at the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893. 



Two altars in combined Gothic, Renaissance, and Rococo style, val- 

 uable and interesting from an archeological and art-historic point of 

 view. They are also important from the fact that they will form a 

 suitable center for the proposed exhibit of ecclesiastical art in the 

 Museum. 



