REPORT ON THE DEPARTMENT OF ETHNOLOUY 

 IN THE U. S, NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1889, 



]*y <>tis T. Mason, Curator. 



Among the collections secured during the year, the following are 

 worthy of especial mention : 



Dr. Washington Matthews's type set of Navajo blankets upon which 

 his paper published in the third annual report of the Bureau of Eth- 

 nology is based. 



A small lot of specimens from the Klyoquot Indians well authenti- 

 cated by James G. Swan, to be used in labeling older objects from the 

 same locality. 



Antiquities and sketches from Egypt, by Dr. James Grant Bey, of 

 Cairo, Egypt, accompanied by letter giving full information. 



The entire contents of an Indian grave, presumably Choctaw, by 

 Dr. W. A. YVhitten, Moline, Mississippi, to be exhibited as a polyor- 

 ganic museum unit. 



A valuable series of religious objects from Thibet, collected by Mr. 

 W. W. Rockhill. Each specimen was secured by Mr. Rockbill himself 

 and is well authenticated. 



A lot of objects from Mr. Edward Lovett, in England, especially use- 

 ful in the illustration of the first steps in our modern inventions. 



Mr. James Moouey, having spent two summers among the Cherokees, 

 in western North Carolina, studying their dances and ceremonies, eon- 

 tributes excellent series of dance paraphernalia, with lull information. 



From Mrs. Col. James Stevenson the Museum has secured some rare 

 pieces of old Pueblo pottery, and her own private collection of Zuni 

 arts, with detailed instructions for labeling and mounting. 



Col. J. I. Allen, of Stillwater, Montana, has sent a rare collection 

 from that almost inaccessible region. 



Special mention is made of these accessions, because they fulfill the 

 requirement of the curator with regard to accurate information. 



During the year new sections have been organized in the exhibition 

 series. In order to interest a large number of scholars not hitherto 

 specially attached to the institution, efforts were made to gather in the 

 National Museum facsimiles of all the inscriptions, seals, etc., in the 

 country, relating to what is called in England" Biblical Arch geology," or 



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