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  AI^-NUAL 
  REPORT 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  19 
  2 
  9 
  

  

  National 
  Museum 
  and 
  its 
  collections. 
  More 
  adequate 
  housing 
  

   facilities 
  can 
  not 
  but 
  add 
  to 
  this 
  interest 
  and 
  will 
  assist 
  in 
  makino; 
  

   Washington 
  even 
  more 
  attractive 
  to 
  the 
  hundreds 
  of 
  thousands 
  of 
  

   our 
  countrymen 
  who 
  journey 
  each 
  year 
  to 
  visit 
  the 
  seat 
  of 
  government 
  

   of 
  our 
  great 
  Nation. 
  

  

  COLLECTIONS 
  

  

  Additions 
  to 
  the 
  collections 
  of 
  the 
  National 
  Museum 
  during 
  the 
  

   fiscal 
  year 
  have 
  reached 
  the 
  large 
  total 
  of 
  545,191 
  separate 
  objects, 
  by 
  

   far 
  the 
  greater 
  part 
  of 
  these 
  coming 
  to 
  the 
  department 
  of 
  biology. 
  

   This 
  increment, 
  while 
  not 
  quite 
  equal 
  to 
  that 
  of 
  last 
  year, 
  is 
  on 
  a 
  

   parity 
  with 
  that 
  received 
  in 
  the 
  last 
  few 
  years. 
  The 
  collections 
  of 
  the 
  

   National 
  Museum 
  are 
  now 
  universally 
  recognized 
  as 
  of 
  such 
  great 
  

   value 
  and 
  importance 
  as 
  to 
  draw 
  to 
  them 
  donations 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  valu- 
  

   able 
  kind 
  in 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  collections 
  gathered 
  under 
  private 
  or 
  other 
  

   auspices 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  desired 
  to 
  place 
  where 
  they 
  will 
  have 
  assurance 
  

   of 
  proper 
  care 
  and 
  permanent 
  preservation. 
  Recognition 
  that 
  in 
  the 
  

   National 
  Museum 
  there 
  may 
  be 
  found 
  these 
  conditions 
  is 
  highly 
  

   gratifying. 
  Material 
  of 
  various 
  kinds 
  sent 
  for 
  examination 
  and 
  

   report 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  amounted 
  to 
  1,314 
  lots, 
  including 
  many 
  thous- 
  

   ands 
  of 
  separate 
  things. 
  Gifts 
  to 
  schools 
  and 
  other 
  educational 
  insti- 
  

   tutions 
  included 
  3,258 
  specimens, 
  while 
  in 
  exchange 
  with 
  other 
  

   scientific 
  organizations 
  and 
  individuals 
  there 
  were 
  sent 
  out 
  23,326 
  

   specimens, 
  these 
  being 
  duplicate 
  materials 
  for 
  which 
  others 
  were 
  

   received 
  in 
  return. 
  Loans 
  of 
  all 
  kinds 
  to 
  scientific 
  workers 
  outside 
  

   of 
  Washington 
  included 
  33,723 
  specimens, 
  many 
  of 
  them 
  highly 
  

   valuable. 
  

  

  Following 
  is 
  a 
  digest 
  of 
  the 
  more 
  important 
  accessions 
  for 
  the 
  year 
  

   in 
  the 
  various 
  departments 
  and 
  divisions 
  of 
  the 
  Museum. 
  

  

  Anthro'pology. 
  — 
  An 
  expedition 
  under 
  direction 
  of 
  Henry 
  B. 
  Col- 
  

   lins, 
  jr., 
  to 
  St. 
  Lawrence 
  Island 
  in 
  Bering 
  Sea, 
  including 
  work 
  on 
  

   the 
  islet 
  of 
  Punuk, 
  brought 
  the 
  largest 
  selection 
  of 
  historicai-archeo- 
  

   logical 
  materials 
  ever 
  obtained 
  by 
  the 
  Museum 
  in 
  one 
  season 
  from 
  

   the 
  Bering 
  Sea 
  area. 
  In 
  it 
  are 
  found 
  many 
  hundreds 
  of 
  ivory 
  and 
  

   bone 
  implements 
  illustrative 
  of 
  the 
  culture 
  of 
  the 
  Eskimo 
  from 
  very 
  

   early 
  times 
  down 
  to 
  the 
  period 
  of 
  Russian 
  exploration. 
  The 
  carvings 
  

   shown 
  are 
  of 
  three 
  distinct 
  types, 
  indicating 
  as 
  many 
  cultural 
  stages 
  

   in 
  the 
  development 
  of 
  the 
  people 
  who 
  made 
  them. 
  The 
  entire 
  collec- 
  

   tion 
  is 
  one 
  almost 
  without 
  parallel 
  in 
  our 
  history 
  and 
  will 
  be 
  of 
  great 
  

   importance 
  in 
  elucidating 
  the 
  period 
  of 
  habitation 
  at 
  the 
  village 
  sites 
  

   represented. 
  

  

  Among 
  other 
  valuable 
  collections 
  there 
  has 
  come 
  a 
  series 
  represent- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  ethnology 
  of 
  the 
  Nigerian 
  and 
  Gold 
  Coast 
  in 
  Africa, 
  the 
  gift 
  

   of 
  C. 
  C. 
  Roberts. 
  A 
  further 
  collection 
  from 
  Africa 
  of 
  considerable 
  

  

  