THE AMERICAN MUSEUM JOURNAL 



donation from George F. Peabody, Esq. This collection is par- 

 ticularly good in the line of feathered baskets from central Cali- 

 fornia and other kinds from the southern part of that State. 



The Museum has received from Mr. W. Jochelson, of the 

 Jesup North Pacific Expedition, his whole Koryak collection from 

 Siberia, consisting of about 1200 pieces of all sorts, among which 

 there are a great many objects of prehistoric age. This material 

 and that sent in by Mr. W. Bogoras, of the same expedition, 

 which was noticed in the last number of the Journal, have 

 been removed from the original boxes in which they were re- 

 ceived and have been placed in storage cases for lack of room 

 in the exhibition halls for displaying them. 



Arthur Curtiss James, Esq., has purchased the valuable 

 collection of Ainu objects made by Professor Bashford Dean 

 last year and has presented it to the Museum. This latest 

 addition supplements in a very satisfactory manner the two Ainu 

 collections previously owned by the Museum and renders the 

 whole series a very complete representation of the culture of that 

 peculiar people. One of the older Ainu collections was presented 

 by Mr. James, while the other was obtained by Dr. Laufer in 

 1899, when at work for the Jesup North Pacific Expedition. 



Mr. Marshall H. Saville, Curator of the Section of Mexican 

 Archaeology of the Anthropological Department, left New York 

 on December 1 1 to continue the explorations at the ancient 

 ruined city of Mitla, in the State of Oaxaca, Mexico, which he 

 has been prosecuting with great success for some years with the 

 aid of funds provided by the Duke of Loubat. 



There has just been erected in the opening of the west 

 stairway an immense totem pole from Queen Charlotte's Island, 

 British Columbia. This fine pole, which is nearly fifty feet tall, 

 stood for many years near the Indian village of Gumshewa on 

 the east coast of the island and was brought to the.AIuseum in 

 1 90 1 as a result of the Jesup North Pacific expedition. 



An index to Volume I of the Journal is in course of 

 preparation and will be issued as soon as practicable. 



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