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BUREAU OF AMKRICAN ETHNOLOGY 



STUDY OF INDIAN DELEGATIONS 



The systematic study of visiting Indian delegations has 

 been continued with success. During the year 23 delega- 

 tions, representing 21 tribes, have been conducted, through 

 the agency of Mr Andrew John, to the Bureau and the Na- 

 tional Museum laboratories. About 280 portrait negatives 

 have been made, and casts and measurements of a number 

 of individuals have been obtained. Few Indians of the 

 higher type, however, are willing to submit to the experience 

 of having the face encased in plaster. The tribes repre- 

 sented are as follows: 



COLLECTIONS 



The ethnological collections obtained during the year fall 

 considerably short of those of previous years, owing to the 

 reduced amount of field work undertaken. This condition 

 was due, as already explained, to the necessity of keeping 

 most of the scientific staff in Washington to aid in the com- 

 pletion of the Handbook of American Indians. The acces- 

 sions are a valuable collection made by Mrs M. C. Steven- 

 son at Zufii, a series of archeological objects obtained l^y 

 Doctor Hrdlicka in Arizona and New Mexico, and several 

 minor collections, all of which have l^een deposited in the 

 National Museum. 



