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South Carolina, collected by Dr. John R. Swanton and transferred 

 from the Bureau of American Ethnology; Sioux and Chippewa 

 specimens from Miss Frances Densmore; a painted buffalo robe and 

 two beaded strips from the Sioux, donated by Mrs. Hamilton Rowan ; 

 and a beaded pipe pouch presented by Eagle Boy, a Sioux Indian. 



From the West Indies were received as gifts, all through Dr. Wil- 

 liam L. Abbott, a set of three Voodoo drums captured in Haiti by 

 the donor, Capt. Charles G. Sinclair of the Haitian gendarmerie; 

 another drum from Lieut. Peter W. Hartman of the same force ; and 

 a pair of Voodoo charms from Haiti, from Mons. P. Guillermot. 



In the laboratory of ethnology a beginning was made in replacing 

 the steel storage racks by large air-tight metal-covered storage cases, 

 such as are used in the department of biology. Besides facilitating 

 the preservation of specimens, these cases were used for fumigating 

 perishable objects received during the year. The collection as a 

 whole is in excellent condition. 



American archeology. — The following were the more noteworthy 

 additions to the division of American archeology: A collection of 

 83 specimens, mostly stone implements, obtained in exchange from 

 Mr. J. G. Braecklein, and, from the same source as a gift, 21 speci- 

 mens of like character; relics mainly from ancient cliff and cavern 

 dwellings collected for the Museum by Dr. Walter Hough in New 

 Mexico; by transfer from the Bureau of American Ethnolog3 T , 25 

 prehistoric implements gathered in Mexico by Mr. J. M. Muir; 

 and prehistoric pottery fragments from the south shore of Lake 

 Ponchartrain and a two-grooved hatchet from Caroline County, Vir- 

 ginia, the gift of Mr. D. I. Bushnell, jr. A discoidal stone, usually 

 known as chunky stone, made of translucent quartz, symmetrical in 

 form and highly polished, two steatite tobacco pipes, and a polished 

 celt, all from the collection of the late J. M. Spainhour, were pre- 

 sented by his son, Mr. Charles A. Spainhour. From the Museum of 

 the American Indian, Heye Foundation, came by exchange 80 an- 

 cient Indian relics from the Virgin Islands, comprising stone imple- 

 ments, pottery, etc. Collections made in the field by Mr. Neil M. 

 Judd, assistant curator of the division, contained over 1,200 archeo- 

 logical specimens from Utah, and in addition an interesting digging 

 stick from a prehistoric cliff house near Kanab, Utah, the gift of Mr. 

 B. A. Riggs. Two interesting effigy earthen vessels from the Casas 

 Grandes, Mexico, were donated b}^ Miss Edith Symington, and speci- 

 mens of antique pottery with glaze-color designs, from Apache 

 County, Arizona, by Mr. Victor J. Evans. Other Mexican material 

 consisted of objects in stone, shell, and copper from the State of 

 Oaxaca, lent by Mr. Walter M. Brodie. Mention should also be 

 made of additional gifts from Mr. Paul von Hohen, Mrs. Stanford 



