30 THE AMERICAN MUSEUM JOURNAL 
Tue Department of Vertebrate Paleontology has added to its 
Horse Alcove, through the generosity of Mr. Randolph Huntington, 
the skeleton of the Arabian stallion ‘ Nimr.” The skeleton has been 
mounted by Mr. 8. H. Chubb under the direction of Professor Osborn 
in such a manner as to show the characteristics of the Arabian Horse, 
particularly the high elevation of head and tail when the animal is 
excited. This race of Horse is characterized by a small skull with 
high, prominent, broadly separated orbits, slender nose and concave 
profile, horizontal position of pelvis, round thorax, long and _ slender 
cannon bones and pasterns. ‘The mounting of the skeleton was 
undertaken only after long study of the Arabian horses in the 
Huntington stud and many photographs taken from life. 
Miss Mary Lois Kisseitt has been engaged by the Department 
of Ethnology to arrange the exhibits of basketry for the various North 
American tribes. The Museum possesses large collections of some 
very rare Californian baskets, particularly the so-called ‘‘ti-stitch” of 
the Pomo. ‘The entire Pomo collection has been re-arranged according 
to the weave, and labels for the specimens are being prepared. ‘The 
plan of the new exhibit includes a general synoptic series for the chief 
weaves employed in the different parts of the world. Following this it 
is proposed to arrange according to locality the Museum’s large col- 
lection of baskets from California and the adjacent parts of the Pacific 
Coast. 
Tue American Institute of Social Service opened an Exposition of 
Safety Devices and Industrial Hygiene at the Museum ‘Tuesday, Jan- 
uary 29, to continue two weeks. ‘The exhibition, which is free to the 
public, comprises live machinery, working models and photographs 
from various European countries, as well as from the United States, 
and shows in striking manner the fact that we are nearly a generation 
behind Europe in any organized effort to protect workmen from injury 
while they are at work. The exhibition has aroused much public 
interest on account of the great recent increase in accidents affecting 
the life, limbs and health of American workmen. 
Tue record of attendance at the Museum during the year 1906 was 
476,133 visitors. 
