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head was a visible sign that in some mysterious way his spirit was still 
present among his people. 
The old embalming consisted in the removal of all the interior of the 
head and drying in smoke after a careful steaming or even baking. ‘The 
form and features were fairly kept, and the identity of the deceased was 
easily recognized, for the tattooing kept its place exactly on the face. A 
few heads retain the original eyes or have been provided with false ones; 
but usually the eyes of the slain were gouged out and swallowed by the 
victorious warrior that he might absorb the spirit of the enemy, and the 
eyelids were closed, since the Maori thought that they were in danger of 
being bewitched, if they looked into the empty orbits. 
The collection is on exhibition in a case on the south side of the 
Peruvian Hall (No. 302 of the gallery floor). . 
MUSEUM NEWS NOTES. 
HE Mvsevm has received through gift by C. H. Senff, Esq., a 
rare and valuable collection consisting of more than one hun- 
dred specimens of old Filipino knives, swords, spears, daggers, 
battle axes and other weapons. which were collected some years ago by 
Capt. C. B. Hagadorn, U.S. A. This forms a most welcome addition 
to our ethnological series. 
SINCE our last issue the following members have been elected: Life 
Member, Mr. ALFRED G. Date. Annual Members, Messrs. FRANK I. 
Coss, GEORGE F. CANFIELD, RicHArD S. FrencH, G. A. CRAYEN, 
Aucust LrEwis and CHarLeES Martin Ciark and Mrs. OGpENn 
CODMAN. 
AmonG the expeditions which are in. the field or are about to go out 
either wholly or in part for the American Museum, mention may be 
made of the following: 
THe DeparrMeNt of Vertebrate Paleontology will continue its 
explorations in the Permian of Texas, in charge of Dr. E. C. Case; 
in the Cretaceous of Montana, in charge of Mr. Barnum Brown; in 
the Eocene of Wyoming, in charge of Mr. Walter Granger, and in the 
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