THE MUSEUM. 



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resents a masque, one of the many 

 tiny reproductions of those wliich were 

 made for the "No" dances. The oth- 

 er cuts represent a figure and two per- 

 fectly caived leaves with gourd. 



My collection consists of Netsukts 

 in wood, ivory and metal. 



LhE KoV J. T.^Pl'AN. 



July 3, 1896. 



Field Columbian Museum Expedi- 

 tion in .Africa. 



Recent dispatches from Washington 

 concei ning the African expedition in 

 charge of Profess )r Daniel G. Elliot 

 of the Field Columbian Museum, are 

 corroborated by communications re- 

 ceived from the professor by Director 

 Skiff. These letters are replete, with 

 interesting details and signity that the 

 enterprise recoinmended by Mr. Skiff 

 although one of vast magnitude and 

 certaintly a decided innovation, will 

 prove to be a splendid success. The 

 eyes of the world's naturalists are 

 turned toward the I-'"ield Museum in 

 ashtonishment, for it required both 



brains and nerve to undertake an ex- 

 pedition of this character into the 

 heart of the dark continent in quest of 

 material that usually is not collected 

 in thirty or forty years by older mus- 

 eums. An infant in the history of 

 museums, the Field Columbian, after 

 two years of life, inaugurates, equips 

 and staits a thorough organization 

 upon a mission that calls for much the 

 same kind of spirit that characterized 

 the work of Livington and Stanley. 



Into the wilds of Africa Professor 

 Elliott accompanied by Messrs. Akeley 

 and Dodson and five score of natives, 

 went without counting upon anything 

 but success. That the ambition of 

 the museum directory will be. realized, 

 and that, too, in a brief time, is in- 

 dicated by the voluminous correspon- 

 dence now in possession of Director 

 Skiff. The professor decided upon 

 his route before leaving London, and 

 this will be followed with but few de- 

 viations. 



Starting from Berbera on the Gulf 

 of Aden, the expedition was to cross 



