ANNALS 



CARNEGIE MUSEUM 



VOLUME II. NO. 2. 



Editorial. 



The work of the various members of the Staff of the Museum during 

 the spring and early summer has yielded important and substantial re- 

 sults in the way of permanent accessions to the various collections. 



The expedition to Costa Rica under the care of Mr. C. V. Hart- 

 man has resulted in the acquisition of a large amount of very valuable 

 archaeological material from that country. Among the things ac- 

 quired is the splendid collection of objects of jade and jadeite formed 

 by Seiior Don Jose Maria Velasco, which for a number of years has 

 been on deposit in the Museum of Archaeology of the University of 

 Pennsylvania. In addition to this collection Mr. Hartman has suc- 

 ceeded in purchasing several others of scarcely less importance, and 

 has made a number of excavations at points of interest, resulting in the 

 recovery of a great quantity of prehistoric material, which will tend to 

 supplement the display of material obtained by the direct expenditure 

 of money in the way which has been mentioned. 



Mr. C.A.RNEGIE with signal generosity has authorized the purchase 

 of the great collection of European fossils in the possession of the 

 Baron de Bayet, of IJrussels. This is one of the largest and most im- 

 portant collections of its kind in Europe, and its transfer to the Car- 



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