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The city of San Francisco is fortunate in having had as one 

 of its distinguished citizens a man of vision as Ignatz Steinhart 

 was ; a man who had prospered in this world, and wdio. having 

 prospered, wished to do something worth while for the city 

 that had for so many years been his home. Men and women of 

 wealth are coming more and more to realize that one of the 

 very best and most satisfactory ways to dispose of wealth is to 

 give it to scientific and educational institutions to aid in the 

 increase of knowledge and its diffusion among men. Mr» 

 Steinhart was such a man, and the name of Ignatz Steinhart 

 will ever be held in grateful remembrance by the multitudes 

 who will visit the Steinhart Aquarium every year and be enter- 

 tained and instructed by the various forms of aquatic life it will 

 contain. 



THE WILLIAM M. FITZHUGH COLLECTION OF INDIAN BASKETRY 



AND POTTERY 



This collection of Indian baskets, pottery, and stone imple- 

 ments was assembled by the late Professor and Mrs. T. S. G. 

 Lowe and represents many years of diligent collecting and sus- 

 tained interest on their part. When the collection came into 

 the possession of Mr. Fitzhugh in 1914 he very kindly offered 

 to install it in the new museum building of the California 

 Academy of Sciences, then under construction. The offer was 

 accepted and, upon the completion of the building, the installa- 

 tion was made. 



The hall, 170 feet long by 15 feet wide, at the south of the 

 Mammal Hall and facing on the open court, has been devoted 

 entirely to this exhibit. The collection is so large, consisting 

 of more than 15,000 different objects, as to preclude the possi- 

 bility of installing it in its entirety; but by eliminating dupli- 

 cates and the articles of least ethnologic or educational interest, 

 space was found for practically all the really important speci- 

 mens. The installation of the collection was done under the 

 immediate direction of the late William Altmann, and was 

 made primarily with reference to artistic effect. Mr. Altmann's 

 keen artistic sense together with his knowledge of Indian 

 basketry and wide experience in arranging collections of this 

 kind enabled him to do this work most satisfactorily and the 

 hall now makes a very attractive appearance. A tribal or cere- 



