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objects of shell and bone; Mutes, rattles, etc., together with the chief veg- 

 etal food products used by the tribe, the collection being sufficiently 

 complete to permit the construction of one or more life-size groups. The 

 most elaborate war weapon is of interest in that it is designed to serve at 

 once as standard and spear and in that the sharpened point for the latter 

 use is at the inner end of the shaft, so that the weapon illustrates the cen- 

 tripetal movement of lowest culture rather than the centrifugal arm 

 movement characteristic of advanced culture. Smaller collections were 

 made by Mr. Mooney among the Cherokee Indians, by Mr. Hewitt among 

 the Iroquoian Indians of Canada, and by Dr. Russell in Arizona. A num- 

 ber of collections were obtained also by purchase under the more imme- 

 diate direction of the Secretary. Among these may be mentioned the 

 Steiner collection of stone implements from Georgia, which comprises a 

 large number of types and of which a portion was obtained during the 

 last fiscal year. Another collection of special note was obtained from Maj. 

 H. N. Rust, of Pasadena, Cal. • It comprises several types and numerous 

 examples representing the stone artifacts of southern California. Advan- 

 tage was taken also of the opportunity to acquire a number of the remark- 

 ably faithful Indian portraits executed by Mr. J. H. Sharp, of Cincinnati. 

 A particularly instructive collection of obsidian blades (including the 

 largest known specimen) was also obtained during the year through Mr. 

 Nathan Joseph, of San Francisco, while a few particularly fine pieces of 

 aboriginal Alaskan workmanship were obtained from Lieut. G. T. 

 Emmons. A small collection of basketry produced by the renegade 

 Apache at Palomas was picked up by Mr. McGee, together with several 

 pieces of Pima basketry made near Maricopa. A small but noteworthy 

 object obtained was an authenticated Sitting Bull belt of beaded elk skin; 

 and half a dozen small collections of stone implements and weapons were 

 secured. 



PROPERTY. 



The property of the Bureau is practically limited to (1) office furniture 

 and apparatus, (2) ethnologic manuscripts and other original records, 

 (3) photographs and drawings of Indian subjects, (4) a working library, 



(5) collections held temporarily by collaborators for use in research, and 



(6) undistributed residue of the editions of the Bureau publications. The 

 fiscal year witnessed little change in the amount or value of the office 

 property. The accumulation of manuscripts and other records of original 

 work progressed steadily; about a thousand photographic negatives, 

 together with several hundred prints and a number of drawings, were 

 added to the collection of illustrative material. The library maintained 

 normal growth chiefly through exchange, and the Dumber of back 

 reports was considerably reduced through the constantly increasing public 

 demand for ethnologic literature. Mr. J. Julius Lund continued in charge 

 of the property as custodian. 



PUBLICATION. 



Mr. F. W. Hodge continued in charge of the editorial work until his 

 resignation took effect, as already noted, after which this work was con- 

 ducted by Mr. H. S. Wood. The first part of the seventeenth report and 



