l.')!) THE .\Mi:iuc.\\ MI'sl-rM .lorilXAl, 



life of ( Vlcho. Tlic hiiildiii^i' was t'oniicily tlic rcsidciicr of I lie deposed 

 I{aja of I)oiii, a potentate wlio for some time ruled one of the lar.::c pro\inces 

 of the Island, and itself furnishes a most interest int;- example of the royal 

 <l\vellin'i:s of these native prinees. 



The collections containetj in the museimi are strictly local, Imt represent 

 in a foiMn (piite complete the Ijasket work and other industri(>s, the (h'ess 

 and (ii>toms, in fact all the ])rinci])al featiH'es of the life of the nati\'es in 

 anil aliont ( 'elelie>. All the material ha> liecn collecteil and arranp'd under 

 the siijK'rvision of the Goxcrnor. Plaster easts have been prepared to 

 illustrate the natixcs and the dress of the different tribes. There are also 

 minia1ur<' models of fish-traps, houses, and hoats, as well as models to show 

 pottery making and basketry. Around the walls are hunu' spears, knives, 

 shields, and other articles of warfare, and their uses are explained by admir- 

 able labels in Malay, l)utch and I'aiuiish. One room contains many ob- 

 jects wliich made ])aft of the furnishings of the household in the time of the 

 Raja of Boni. 



The entire museum gives such exidence of attention to details and 

 of thought and care in selection and exhibition of specimens that it reflects 

 the greatest credit on Baron de (^uarles. He has extended the scope of the 

 Makassar Museum's work by making u]) and j)resenting to expositions in 

 various countries of Europe collections representing the chief features of 

 the ethnology of the natives of the Celebes. It is to be hoped that there 

 will be a, continuance of the growth of this institution which, although the 

 years of its existence have been few, is already doing important educational 

 work, and that the example so admirably set by Baron de Quarles will be 

 followed b\- the officials of other nati\e cities. 



MUSEUM NEWS NOTES 



OwiXfi to ill health. Dr. .1. A. Allen, ( iirator of Mammalogy, has gi\-en 

 up his duties as Acting l)ire( toi and the President has appointed Dr. K. (). 

 Ho\('y, Curator of the Dei)artnieiit of (ieology and Invertebrate Paheontol- 

 ogy to serve as Acting Director pro tern during the ab.senee of Dr. Townsend. 



Thk Dejjartment of Anthro])ology has recently recei\-ed the gift of a 

 Sioux tepee made entirely of buffalo skins. This tepee is of jjeculiar interest 

 from the fact that for at least the past thirty years buffalo skins have not 

 been used in Indian house construction. 



