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  ANNUAL 
  REPORT 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  1922. 
  

  

  The 
  Museum 
  acquired 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  a 
  total 
  of 
  359,677 
  speci- 
  

   mens. 
  These 
  are 
  described 
  somewhat 
  in 
  detail 
  in 
  the 
  report 
  on 
  the 
  

   Museum, 
  appended 
  hereto, 
  but 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  of 
  interest 
  to 
  mention 
  here 
  

   a 
  few 
  of 
  the 
  more 
  important 
  accessions. 
  In 
  anthropology 
  the 
  most 
  

   important 
  addition 
  was 
  the 
  Herbert 
  Ward 
  African 
  collection 
  men- 
  

   tioned 
  above. 
  A 
  large 
  collection 
  of 
  the 
  brilliant 
  ancient 
  pottery 
  from 
  

   the 
  ruins 
  of 
  Casas 
  Grandes, 
  Chihuahua, 
  Mexico, 
  was 
  received 
  through 
  

   the 
  Archeological 
  Society 
  of 
  Washington, 
  and 
  a 
  remarkable 
  series 
  

   of 
  aboriginal 
  pottery 
  collected 
  by 
  Dr. 
  J. 
  Walter 
  Fewkes 
  in 
  the 
  

   neighboring 
  Mimbres 
  Valley, 
  N. 
  Mex., 
  was 
  also 
  placed 
  on 
  exhibition. 
  

   A 
  number 
  of 
  pianos 
  were 
  added 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Hugo 
  Worch 
  to 
  his 
  notable 
  

   collection, 
  among 
  them 
  a 
  magnificent 
  gilt 
  harpsichord 
  made 
  by 
  

   Pleyel, 
  Paris. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  department 
  of 
  biology 
  the 
  outstanding 
  feature 
  of 
  the 
  year's 
  

   accessions 
  is 
  the 
  collection 
  of 
  about 
  100,000 
  insects 
  collected 
  by 
  Dr. 
  

   William 
  Mann 
  in 
  South 
  America, 
  especially 
  eastern 
  Bolivia. 
  An- 
  

   other 
  important 
  collection 
  of 
  insects 
  was 
  that 
  made 
  by 
  Dr. 
  J. 
  M. 
  

   Aldrich 
  in 
  Alaska, 
  which 
  numbered 
  around 
  10,000 
  specimens. 
  A 
  

   considerable 
  consignment 
  of 
  biological 
  material, 
  mostly 
  vertebrates, 
  

   was 
  received 
  from 
  Mr. 
  Hoy, 
  who 
  has 
  been 
  working 
  in 
  Australia 
  

   under 
  the 
  auspices 
  of 
  Dr. 
  W. 
  L. 
  Abbott. 
  This 
  material 
  brings 
  the 
  

   important 
  Australian 
  expedition 
  to 
  a 
  most 
  successful 
  termination. 
  

  

  In 
  geology 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  valuable 
  additions 
  were 
  made 
  to 
  the 
  

   collections, 
  among 
  them 
  specimens 
  of 
  Bolivian 
  tin 
  and 
  tungsten 
  

   ores 
  from 
  Mr. 
  F. 
  L. 
  Hess; 
  rich 
  examples 
  of 
  carnotite 
  and 
  hewettite 
  

   presented 
  by 
  the 
  Standard 
  Chemical 
  Co., 
  Naturita, 
  Colo. 
  ; 
  eight 
  gold 
  

   nuggets 
  donated 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Frank 
  Springer; 
  a 
  large 
  mass 
  of 
  meteoric 
  

   iron 
  from 
  Owen 
  Valley, 
  Calif., 
  the 
  gift 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Lincoln 
  Ellsworth, 
  

   of 
  New 
  York; 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  beautiful 
  and 
  valuable 
  gems 
  purchased 
  

   for 
  the 
  Isaac 
  Lea 
  collection 
  through 
  its 
  endowment 
  fund 
  ; 
  and 
  a 
  con- 
  

   siderable 
  amount 
  of 
  paleontological 
  material, 
  both 
  vertebrate 
  and 
  

   invertebrate. 
  

  

  The 
  divisions 
  of 
  mineral 
  and 
  mechanical 
  technology 
  have 
  devoted 
  

   their 
  time 
  largely 
  to 
  a 
  more 
  perfect 
  and 
  permanent 
  arrangement 
  of 
  

   the 
  great 
  amount 
  of 
  exhibition 
  material 
  already 
  on 
  hand, 
  while 
  the 
  

   divisions 
  of 
  history, 
  textiles, 
  and 
  graphic 
  arts 
  report 
  many 
  valuable 
  

   and 
  interesting 
  additions 
  to 
  their 
  collections. 
  

  

  In 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  explorations 
  and 
  field 
  work 
  mentioned 
  earlier 
  

   in 
  this 
  report, 
  the 
  Museum 
  sent 
  out 
  or 
  cooperated 
  in 
  various 
  other 
  

   expeditions. 
  Mr. 
  Arthur 
  de 
  C. 
  Sowerby 
  continued 
  his 
  work 
  in 
  

   China 
  under 
  the 
  auspices 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Eobert 
  Sterling 
  Clark, 
  who 
  gen- 
  

   erously 
  contributed 
  all 
  the 
  material 
  collected 
  to 
  the 
  Museum. 
  A 
  

   shipment 
  of 
  vertebrates 
  and 
  other 
  biological 
  material 
  was 
  received 
  

   from 
  this 
  expedition 
  during 
  the 
  year. 
  Mr. 
  Paul 
  C. 
  Standley. 
  

  

  