58 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1920. 



of the department are recorded in the reports of the several divisions 

 which follow. 



Additions to the department collections have been numerous and 

 important, though not greatly surpassing those of the preceding 

 year. They comprise 392 accessions with a total of 23,592 specimens, 

 of which 8,338 are loans or deposits, summarized as follows: division 

 of ethnology. 1,609 specimens; section of musical instruments, 88 

 specimens; section of ceramics, 110 specimens; division of physical 

 anthropology. 293 specimens; division of American archeology, 3,000 

 specimens; division of Old World archeology, 906 specimens; divi- 

 sion of history, 16,882 specimens; historical costumes collections, 217 

 specimens; division of graphic arts, 472 specimens; section of 

 photography, 15 specimens. There were also received from various 

 sources for examination and report 83 lots of specimens, diversified 

 in character. 



As in previous years, the department is greatly indebted to the 

 Bureau of American Ethnology, which is the anthropological field 

 arm of the Institution. Its researches extend to the tribes and 

 antiquities of the entire country, the collections made finding their 

 final resting place in the department of anthropology of the Museum. 

 Field work by members of the department staff has not, however, 

 been neglected. The head curator has uniformly insisted that the 

 staff can not be expected to keep apace with the anthropological 

 departments of other museums without a fair share of field research. 

 During the year the curator of physical anthropology visited China, 

 where he was received with much enthusiasm by the Peking Union 

 Medical College and the scientific community generally, and where 

 he organized his branch of science, giving also a course of lectures. 

 The curator of ethnology spent the month of June among the Hopi 

 Indians of Arizona ; and the curator of American archeology, under 

 the auspices of the Bureau of American Ethnology, made interest- 

 imr explorations in northern Arizona and Utah during the months 

 of May and June. 



As in the reports of previous years, the head curator finds it con- 

 venient to present the activities of the various divisions and sections 

 separately, following in each case the order of topics required by the 

 administrative instructions. 



The gifts sent out from the department number 154, and the ex- 

 changes 164. There were 64 specimens sent out as loans for scientific 

 study and special exhibition. 



The total number of specimens in the department, including all 

 duplicates, is 797,272. 



Etk n ology. — The division has continued under the direction of Dr. 

 Walter Hough, curator. Aside from the ordinary scope of ethnology, 

 Doctor Hough cared for the sections of ceramics, musical instru- 



