REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1921. 45 
The curator of ethnology finished and handed in papers on the 
racial groups in the National Museum and on the series of specimens 
illustrating the history of inventions. He also began the preparation 
of an account of the stoves and other heating devices in the Museum. 
A summary of his exploration of 1920 was prepared and an account 
written on Museum specimens germane to the Pilgrim Tercentenary. 
The examination for publication of the several collections of 
archeological remains collected in Utah and Arizona by the curator 
of the division of American archeology for the Bureau of American 
Ethnology during the past five years was continued. 
The curator of Old World archeology completed a study of Parsee 
religious ceremonial objects. He also completed a descriptive cata- 
logue of Buddhist art, which was published during the year by the 
Museum. The plan of the curator is to continue this series of instruc- 
tive handbook catalogues. 
The materials in the division of physical anthropology are con- 
stantly drawn upon for comparisons as well as for new observations. 
During the year the most important piece of research done on the 
collections was that relating to the finer modeling of teeth; but much 
work was done also on Indian and other bones in connection with 
the preparation of the pending reports on the Sioux Indians and 
the anthropology of Florida and neighboring regions. In addition 
measurements for future use were begun on the valuable Mongolian 
collection and on the skeletal material from Alaska, the latter in 
connection with the curator’s studies on the origin and affinities 
of the Indian. 
Doctor Hrdliéa performed services for the Department of Justice 
in differentiating full-blood from mixed-blood Chippewa Indians 
in important land cases, thereby saving over a million dollars in land 
and money for the Indians, in accordance with the statement of the 
department. This is a good illustration of the practical value of 
studies of recondite subjects. 
Dr. J. Walter Fewkes, Chief of the Bureau of American Eth- 
nology, as collaborator in the division of ethnology, has assisted 
materially in the acquisition of specimens through collections made 
by himself and members of the bureau. 
Dr. Arthur P. Rice, also a collaborator, sent in data, photographs, 
and ethnological material from Yucatan. 
The department was called upon daily to give information to 
visitors on many subjects of more or less importance; but little 
material, and that in the form of photographs with descriptions and 
publications, was sent to researchers elsewhere. 
It is difficult to estimate the benefits growing out of personal con- 
tacts with visitors desiring information, but in many cases it is 
known to have produced results of importance to the Museum. 
