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vases dating- from the fourth or third century B. C., one a hydria 

 embellished with an outline drawing of a temple, the other a small- 

 ribbed amphora with traces of painting; an Egypto-Rpman bronze 

 statuette, probably representing Antinous, the page and favorite of 

 Emperor Hadrian; a statuette of Hercules, and one apparently of 

 an athlete with a double face; and a fine Eg>^ptian scarab, engraved 

 with two sphinxes couchant in reversed position. A finely written 

 Arabic manuscript in a tasteful oriental binding, containing pas- 

 sages from the Koran and short prayers, was donated by Mr. James 

 Hunt, of Washington. 



The following collections were installed for exhibition as far as the 

 limitations of space permitted, and were catalogued and labeled: 

 A selection of Etruscan potteries, comprising the pictured and molded 

 (Arretine) vases, the ancient terra cotta statuettes, the antiquities 

 from the sites of ancient Troy and Armenia, the greater part of the 

 ancient bronzes, potteries, and glazed and molded tiles from Turke- 

 stan, dating from the eleventh and twelfth centuries, and Roman 

 terra cotta lamps and pieces of mosaic. 



Physical anthropology. — Two of the most important acquisitions 

 of the year consisted of valuable series of anatomical specimens re- 

 ceived in exchange from Prof. David Paul von Hansemann of the 

 Rudolf Virchow-Krankenhaus, Berlin, Germany, and from the Col- 

 lege of Physicians and Surgeons of New York through Prof. George 

 S. Huntington. A number of interesting crania and other bones 

 from mounds and ancient graves in Louisiana and Arkansas were 

 presented by Mr. Clarence B. Moore, of Philadelphia; and several 

 Iroquois skulls, together with a lower jaw, were obtained from the 

 Provincial Museum, Toronto, Canada, in exchange. Human ana- 

 tomical specimens were contributed by Dr. D. S. Lamb of the Army 

 Medical Museum, Dr. Thomas C. Smith and Dr. S. R. Karpeles, all 

 of Washington. 



Considerable progress was made in cleaning, repairing, cata- 

 loguing, and arranging the large skeletal collections from the Pueblo 

 region and from Peru, and in the preparation of the scientific ex- 

 hibits which, though by no means complete, have already attracted 

 the attention of many students. The exhibition series which is gradu- 

 ally taking shape comprises two classes of specimens, one designed for 

 the use of experts and provided for in the laboratory, the other of 

 popular interest and to be installed in one of the public halls. 



In addition to the proof reading of his memoir on the Egyptians 

 and of his paper on early man in South America, the latter of 

 which was completed during the year, the curator of the division. 

 Dr. Ales Hrdlicka, continued his inquiries on the skull capacity 

 of the American aborigines, and reported briefly on skeletal material 



