THE AMERICAN MUSEUM JOURNAL 



The material obtained on the four expeditions comprises 

 measurements of and observations on nearly 3000 individuals, 

 over 1500 photographs, about 300 skulls and skeletons, 120 

 facial casts and about 3000 ethnological and archseological 

 specimens. The skulls and skeletons gathered are mostly those 

 of extinct tribes, and will furnish important measurements and 

 observations for comparison with those of the present Indians of 

 the region. Moreover, besides showing the racial characteristics, 

 the bones are of value in showing the relative frequency of frac- 

 tures and various pathological conditions, — matters which are of 

 special interest to members of the medical profession. The speci- 

 mens and casts will in time be placed on exhibition. 



The data obtained will be elaborated by Dr. Hrdlicka, and will 

 appear in the publications of the Museum. A somewhat detailed 

 report of the work will be read before the Congress of Ameri- 

 canists, which will meet at the American Museum this month. 

 The accumulated data should, especially in connection with 

 similar and contemporaneous work done by Professor Starr in 

 southern Mexico and under Professor Boas along the northwestern 

 coast, add materially to our knowledge of the physical status of 

 the American aborigines. 



Some of the specimens secured on this year's expedition de- 

 serve special mention. Among the skulls there are eleven of 

 Otomis ; an ancient, well-preserved male cranium from the ruins 

 of Tula (the supposed Toltec capital) ; and twelve skulls of the 

 Yaquis. Eleven of the last-named were obtained, with some 

 ethnological specimens, from the recent Yaqui-Mexican battle- 

 field in the Sierra of Mazatlan, in Sofiora, and one is that of an 

 executed and then half-cremated Yaqui prisoner from the Yaqui 

 river. Among the ethnological specimens there is a series of in- 

 teresting objects from the sacred cave of the Huichol Indians 

 (Jalisco), some exceptionally well woven Yaqui baskets, two fine 

 examples of old Nahua beadwork, two rare Mayo blankets, a col- 

 lection of the native food-stuffs of the Hualapais, etc. Among 

 the photographs the most prized are those of the Yaquis, with 

 views of their country, including several picturesque Mexican 

 fortified posts or barracks. 



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