﻿EEPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  SECRETARY 
  43 
  

  

  jority 
  of 
  which 
  came 
  from 
  the 
  Post 
  Office 
  Department. 
  In 
  addition 
  

   there 
  were 
  received 
  further 
  contributions 
  to 
  the 
  precancel 
  postage- 
  

   stamp 
  collection, 
  presented 
  by 
  the 
  Precancel 
  Stamp 
  Society 
  through 
  

   its 
  president. 
  

  

  EXPLOEATIONS 
  AND 
  FIELD 
  WORK 
  

  

  Many 
  valuable 
  specimens 
  and 
  much 
  new 
  information 
  have 
  come 
  

   tlirough 
  explorations 
  carried 
  on 
  under 
  special 
  funds 
  available 
  

   through 
  friends 
  of 
  the 
  Institution, 
  through 
  a 
  variety 
  of 
  cooperative 
  

   arrangements, 
  or 
  to 
  some 
  extent 
  from 
  funds 
  available 
  from 
  the 
  

   Museum 
  appropriations. 
  

  

  In 
  anthropology 
  there 
  may 
  be 
  mentioned 
  the 
  field 
  work 
  of 
  Dr. 
  

   Ales 
  Hrdlicka, 
  curator 
  of 
  physical 
  anthropology, 
  who 
  made 
  an 
  exten- 
  

   sive 
  reconnaissance 
  in 
  Alaska 
  as 
  a 
  basis 
  for 
  further 
  archeological 
  and 
  

   anthropological 
  investigations 
  in 
  a 
  field 
  that 
  has 
  for 
  many 
  years 
  

   been 
  fruitful 
  of 
  results 
  under 
  the 
  leadership 
  of 
  men 
  traveling 
  in 
  the 
  

   interests 
  of 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  Institution. 
  In 
  the 
  spring 
  of 
  1927 
  this 
  

   work 
  was 
  continued 
  through 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  W. 
  Krieger, 
  curator 
  in 
  the 
  

   division 
  of 
  anthropology, 
  who 
  visited 
  certain 
  areas 
  along 
  the 
  Yukon, 
  

   and 
  through 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  B. 
  Collins, 
  jr., 
  assistant 
  curator 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  

   division, 
  and 
  Mr. 
  T. 
  Dale 
  Stewart, 
  of 
  the 
  division 
  of 
  physical 
  

   anthropology, 
  who 
  went 
  north 
  to 
  Nunivak 
  Island, 
  and 
  were 
  engaged 
  

   there 
  in 
  exploration 
  of 
  old 
  village 
  sites 
  at 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year. 
  

   The 
  results 
  of 
  their 
  work 
  will 
  of 
  necessity 
  be 
  held 
  over 
  until 
  the 
  next 
  

   report, 
  since 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  June 
  found 
  these 
  men 
  out 
  of 
  close 
  touch 
  

   with 
  Washington. 
  Mr. 
  N. 
  M. 
  Judd 
  has 
  continued 
  work 
  at 
  Pueblo 
  

   Bonito, 
  N. 
  Mex., 
  as 
  director 
  of 
  the 
  National 
  Geographic 
  Society's 
  

   Pueblo 
  Bonito 
  expedition, 
  the 
  present 
  field 
  season 
  being 
  planned 
  

   primarily 
  to 
  permit 
  preparation 
  of 
  a 
  scientific 
  report 
  on 
  the 
  results 
  

   of 
  this 
  work. 
  Much 
  valuable 
  material 
  has 
  been 
  presented 
  to 
  the 
  

   National 
  Museum 
  by 
  the 
  National 
  Geographic 
  Society 
  as 
  the 
  outcome 
  

   of 
  these 
  investigations. 
  

  

  Among 
  the 
  most 
  important 
  expeditions 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  Institution 
  

   has 
  cooiDeratecl 
  has 
  been 
  that 
  to 
  the 
  interior 
  of 
  Dutch 
  New 
  Guinea, 
  

   by 
  Mr. 
  Matthew 
  W. 
  Stirling, 
  formerly 
  assistant 
  curator 
  of 
  ethnology 
  

   on 
  the 
  Museum 
  staff, 
  and 
  his 
  associates. 
  The 
  work 
  was 
  carried 
  on 
  

   through 
  private 
  means 
  supplied 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Stirling 
  and 
  his 
  companions, 
  

   and 
  was 
  finally 
  developed 
  as 
  a 
  joint 
  enterprise 
  with 
  the 
  Dutch 
  Colo- 
  

   nial 
  Government. 
  The 
  principal 
  object 
  was 
  to 
  make 
  anthropological 
  

   and 
  ethnological 
  studies 
  of 
  the 
  pygmy 
  tribes 
  which 
  it 
  was 
  expected 
  

   to 
  find 
  on 
  the 
  higher 
  slopes 
  of 
  the 
  Nassau 
  mountains, 
  with 
  supple- 
  

   mental 
  work 
  among 
  the 
  Papuans 
  of 
  the 
  lake 
  plain. 
  After 
  establish- 
  

   ing 
  a 
  base 
  camp 
  near 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  Mamberamo 
  River 
  in 
  May, 
  the 
  

   party 
  made 
  reconnaissance 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  an 
  airplane 
  taken 
  especially 
  

   for 
  that 
  purpose, 
  and 
  then 
  with 
  definite 
  knowledge 
  of 
  the 
  courses 
  

  

  