48 REPORT OP NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1922. 



The department sent out 8 gifts, comprising 277 specimens, and 

 11 exchanges, comprising 153 specimens. The department received 

 30 lots of diversified specimens for examination and report. 



TOTAL NUMBER OF SPECIMENS IN THE DEPARTMENT. 



During the year there were received 140 accessions, comprising 

 6,568 specimens, excluding the Huntington material. Of these, 11 

 accessions, comprising 1,025 specimens, were loans and deposits. 



The total number of specimens received were distributed as fol- 

 lows: Ethnology, 4,389 specimens; American archeology, 1,909 speci- 

 mens; Old World archeology, 123 specimens; physical anthropology, 

 60 specimens, excluding the Huntington material; art textile, 79 

 specimens; musical instruments, 4 specimens; and ceramics, 4 

 specimens. 



The total number of specimens in the department of anthropology 

 on June 30, 1922, omitting the Huntington collection, was 647,594, 

 divided as follows: 



Specimens. 



Ethnology 156,253 



American archeology 423, 290 



Old World archeology 29,949 



Physical anthropology 28, 537 



Art textiles 1,424 



Musical instruments 2,046 



Ceramics 6, 095 



Total 647, 594 



