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'I'm-; (iiiidc i-r;itlct Scries of llic Miisciiiii li;i> liccii iiic rcaxd \>y ;i ])aiii- 

 plilct of (iii(-liiiii(lr((l pages issued l)y t lie I )('itait imiit of \\ oods and Forestry 

 and hascd on the Jesnp ( 'olleciion of WOocU. While primarily dealing 

 with tree strnctui-e and growtli and containing a planting guide foi- thirty- 

 four of the most \alual)!e trees of Nortli America, this leaflet has been made 

 to co\cr briefly a wide field in the practical aspects of forests and forest 

 industries in order not to lack in suggestiveness along the \arious lines of 

 interest of the Museums \isitors. 



'rilKKK \('ry im])ortant anthr(»po!ogical col!ection> lia\c liccn purchased. 

 One from the Jesup Fund, is a series of rare ol)jects from the Tsimshian 

 Indians of the North Pacific Coast collected by Lieutenant (i. '1\ Fmmons. 

 This fills practically the only gap in our series from that importanl culture 

 area. 



The second collection, made by 1 )r. ( arl Lnndioltz, in the little-known 

 boi'dcrland along the Mexican boundary of Arizona, was purchased fi'om the 

 Primitive Peoples of the Southwest Fund. Among the unusual pieces in 

 this collection are the costumes of a fool dancer, consisting of a mask, a 

 crude and useless l)ow and other absiu'd trappings. This is of especial inter- 

 est since this ceremonial character seems to connect the Papago culture 

 with that of the Plains. Among other things may be mentioned a series of 

 wooden plows introduced into Mexico from Plurope by the early S])anish 

 explorers. The Papago are the southern representatixes of the Pima stock 

 and were found still i)ractising the art of basketry for which the Pima 

 ])ro])er were at one time famous. The collection contains excellent samples 

 of this almost extinct textile art. 



The third accjuisition, gained througli the .lesup Finid, is the (ieiiera! 

 ('. S. Hollister collection of Navajo blankets. In this series there are sixty- 

 six pieces, .some made before ISoO. In materials and dyes there is a full 

 representation: ele\-en blankets of bayeta, one of natiu'a! wool, eight of 

 nati\'e dyes, sexcn of (Jermantown yarn, twcKc of other conunercial yarn, 

 and eighteen in aniline dyes. The foiu' \arieties of weave practised by the 

 Xaxajo are fully represented. There are also a few exceptional blankets, 

 one of which represents in its design the ( 'orn (iod coi)ied from the sand 

 paintings of altars of the Xavajo. This collection, jointly with the series 

 recently presented l)y Mrs. Sage and those belonging to the Lenders and 

 Tefft collections recently ])resente(l by Mr. Morgan, gi\e us a series of 

 Xaxajo textiles fully re])resentati\(' both as to techni(|ue and design. 



