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Various experts studied certain collections of ethnology, among 

 them being George Pepper, Museum of the American Indian (Heye 

 Foundation), New York City, who studied Navaho weavings; L. W. 

 Jenkins, Peabody Museum, Salem, Mass., who examined Polynesian 

 weapons; Ralph Linton, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, 

 111., worked on Polynesian art and was furnished photographs and 

 catalogue data; Dr. Arnold Van Gennep, Paris, France, conferred 

 on aboriginal designs; Dr. L. H. Dudley Buxton, of Oxford, Eng- 

 land, made a general study of the division; Dr. Edward Orton, jr., 

 Columbus, Ohio, received data on cases; Dr. L. A. Barrett and Mr. 

 Wheeler, of the Milwaukee Public Museum, made a protracted study 

 of case furniture and general museum work; Miss Lois Kissell. 

 Teacher's College, Columbia University, studied the aboriginal de- 

 signs in which the section is so rich for the purpose of training 

 classes in decorative design; and Miss Esther Matchett, School of 

 Education, Cleveland, Ohio, was assisted in selecting material for 

 photographs illustrating the life of the Indian tribes. Much data 

 was furnished correspondents in relation to the Ward collection. 

 Photographs of an Indian peace pipe like those passed on from 

 mouth to mouth during a council were furnished the Bureau of the 

 Public Health Service for use as illustrations of insanitary customs. 

 Photographs of the map of Virginia bearing a representation of 

 Powhatan were furnished the Old Colony Club, Washington, D. C. 

 The Bureau of Biological Survey, Department of Agriculture, was 

 furnished elk teeth for photographing in a film designed to discour- 

 age the killing of tliese animals for their teeth. 



DISTRIBUTION AND EXCHANGE OF SPECIMENS. 



In continuing its valuable educational work in sending out collec- 

 tions of duplicate specimens to schools, the department made a good 

 record. Such collections are prepared with regard to their major 

 value for teaching. They are required to be carefully kept by the 

 recipients and to be used in teaching. In this way their usefulness 

 is maintained at a high standard. 



From the division of ethnology a series comprising 35 specimens 

 of basketry, pottery, beadwork, etc., was sent to the Museu Nacional, 

 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in exchange for a collection of ethnologica 

 from Indians of that country; and a selection from the Roosevelt 

 collections was forwarded as a gift to the Roosevelt Memorial Asso- 

 ciation (Inc.), New York City. 



Among the distributions of American archeology, a collection of 

 150 archeological specimens from various localities in Tennessee was 

 presented to the new public museum at Harriman, Tenn. 



From physical anthropology 30 human crania were sent as a gift 

 to the Museum of the American Indian (Heye Foundation). 



