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Ancient gold work from Panama recently purchased for the Museum 
York Aquarium, and now professor of biology 
at the Connecticut College for Women, New 
London, has also been made a life member in 
appreciation of his gratuitous services to the 
Museum in connection with the collections 
of the Townsend “‘Albatross’’ expedition. 
FIvE pieces of ancient gold work from the 
district of Alange, province of Chiriqui, 
western Panama, have been recently pur- 
chased for the Museum. The objects are 
similar to those in Mr. Keith’s collection 
described in the October number of the 
JOURNAL, and are all amulets, used as breast 
ornaments. The finest specimen, illustrated 
above, is in almost complete relief, and 
represents a human skeleton, from the arms 
and head of which project profile heads of 
the deified crocodile, indicating that the 
figure is probably that of a god. Another of 
the specimens represents a deer, and is a 
characteristic example of the skill in animal 
modeling attained by the ancient peoples of 
Panama. The specimens will be found on 
exhibition in the Mexican hall. 
Tue Hitchcock Lectures on ‘Men of the 
Old Stone Age, Their Environment, Life 
and Art,’ delivered by Prof. Henry Fair- 
field Osborn at the University of California 
in February, 1914, have just been published 
in book form by Charles Scribner’s Sons, and 
constitute a notable addition to the literature 
of palzolithic times. The book is lavishly 
illustrated with numerous reproductions of 
paleolithic engravings, carvings, and paint- 
ings from caves and rock shelters; original 
drawings by Messrs. Charles R. Knight and 
Erwin S. Christman, and charts and cross 
sections by Dr. Chester A. Reeds. Of spe- 
cial interest are the restorations of the Pithe- 
canthropus, Piltdown, La Chapelle, and 
Cré-Magnon men, modeled by Professor 
J. H. McGregor upon casts of the original 
fossils. The book will be reviewed in a 
forthcoming issue of the JOURNAL. 
Mr. Amos F. Eno who died on October 21, 
bequeathed to the American Museum the 
sum of $250,000. Mr. Eno was an annual 
member of the Museum since 1881, and a 
life member since June, 1905. With the 
exception of the Jesup bequest this is the 
largest ever received by the Museum. 
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