The American Museum Journal 



Volume XIV MAY, 1914 Number 5 



CONTENTS 



Cover, "Charging Elephants" — Model for bronze by Carl E. Akeley 



Portraits — Eminent Men and the Museum 170 



The Honorable Joseph H. Choate 



Colonel Theodore Roosevelt and Colonel Rondon 



Dr. James Douglas of New York 



His Serene Highness Albert, Prince of Monaco 



Frontispiece, Portrait of Carl E. Akeley 174 



New African Hall Planned by Carl E. Akeley 175 



Description of African hall model by Mr. Akeley 



Editorial comment on realistic exhibition of animals in museums, the new honor attached to 



the name "taxidermist" and some of the results the world may expect from Mr. Akeley 's 



work 



Illustrations from photographs of the model of the African hall with its groups and bas-reliefs 



and of various clay models for bronzes by Mr. Akeley 



The Dawn Man of Piltdown William K. Gregory 189 



Summary of controversial discussion regarding the celebrated fossil human remains found 

 at Piltdown, Sussex 



Illustrated with photographs from the famous collection of Dr. J. Leon Williams, which is 

 at present on exhibition in the Museum 



Copper Deposits in Arizona James Douglas 201 



An article of unusual interest and value on the disposition of ore bodies in Arizona and the 

 history of their discovery and mining — as a preliminary to the detailed description to follow 

 in the next number of the Journal, of the Copper Queen Mine model constructed at the 

 Museum through the generosity of Dr. Douglas 



Ancient Pottery from Nasca, Peru Charles W. Mead 207 



Some foiu- hundred pieces of pottery, the most beautiful so far discovered in South America, 

 purchased and presented to the Museum by Mr. A. D. Juilliard 

 With illustrations in sepia 



The Crocker Land Expedition 209 



Letters from Etah, the site of the winter quarters of the expedition, recounting the experi- 

 ences of the winter and giving new plans for the spring 



Museum Notes 213 



Mary Cynthia Dickerson, Editor 



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