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F.— liliVIlOW OF WOKK JX THE .SCIKXTIFK? DlirARTMENTS. 



DIVISION oE A^•THl^<)P()L(>GYi 



ETHNOLOtiY. 



Progress in this <le}ia.rtmeii t duriug tlie year lias been very satisfae- 

 tory, under the guidance of Prof. Otis T. ^[asou, curator, Lieut. T. 

 ])ix Bolles, U. S. Xavy, was detailed for duty at the museum for tive 

 months, and rendered material aid in arranging and cataloguing speci- 

 mens from Oc(^-anica. Valuable additions to the collection from Ocean- 

 ica were sent by Admiral Kimberly and Lieut. 8afford, V. S. Navy. 

 A card-catalogue of the large collections of religious objects, secured 

 among the ])iteblos of the southwest by the Bureau of Ethnology, was 

 Completed during the year. These collections were labeled by Mrs. 

 Tilly E, Stevenson, and are probably the largest and most complete of 

 any relating to the subject of Pueblo religion. The ''artillery" of the 

 American aborigines has been worked up during the year, the linguis- 

 tic stocks of the aborigines have been fully studied out, and the loca- 

 tion of each tribe marked upon a map. An exhibition series of time- 

 kee})ing apparatus has been commenced, and a complete card-catalogue 

 of tlie ethnological series was continued during the year. Monographic 

 catalogues, based on the i)lan of those i)ublished by the South Kensing- 

 ton Museum, have also been commenced. 



Tlie curator has devoted considerable time to preliminary woilc in 

 connection with an ethnological exhibit at the World's Columbian Kx- 

 ])Osition. It is proposed to illustrate in an effective manner the aborig- 

 inal life of Xorth America at the time the natives were first visited by 

 the white people, and before they were iivfluenced by contact with our 

 civilization. The number of specimens added to the collection during 

 the year is 1,S00. In the catalogue of the department 1,504 entries 

 have been made. 



PllEHISTOKIC ANTHKOPOI.OdY. 



Tlie most iniiK)rtant work of the year rei)ortcd l)y the cuiator. Dr. 

 Thomas Wilson, has been the reclassification and rearrangeiiient of the 

 entire collection according to locality. Special researches in many <li- 

 rections have been prosecuted, including the following subjects: ('o})- 

 l)er implements, jade implements, arrow-heads, casts and models of the 

 Aztec and Maya antiipiities. Several imi)ortant accessions have been 

 i-eceived during the yeai', and are referred to elsewhere in this report. 

 The number of specimens received during the year was ~),~>04^. In the 

 catalogue 934 entries IniAe been made. 



(iKAPHIC ARTS. 



In the section of graphic arts the accessions, while not as numerous 

 as in previous years, have been quite as important. Among tlie most 

 valuable gifts is a series of specimens fully illustrating the photographic 



