ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT XXXIX 



prised domestic utensils of wood, stone, and clay; sev- 

 eral bows with arrows ; war weapons ; complete suits of 

 women's apparel; cradles; decorative and syml)olic ob- 

 jects of shell and bone; flutes, rattles, etc., together with 

 the chief vegetal food products used by the ti'ibe, the 

 collection being sufficiently complete to permit the con- 

 struction of one or more life-size groups. The most 

 elaborate war weapon is of interest in that it is designed 

 to serve at once as standard and spear, and in that the 

 sharpened point for the latter use is at the inner end of the 

 shaft, so that the weapon illustrates the centripetal move- 

 ment of lowest culture rather than the centrifugal arm 

 movement characteristic of advanced culture. Smaller 

 collections were made by Mr Mooney among the Cherokee 

 Indians, by Mr Hewitt among the Iroquoian Indians of 

 Canada, and by Dr Russell in Arizona. A number of 

 collections were obtained also by purchase under the more 

 immediate direction of the Secretary. Among these may 

 be mentioned the Steiuer collection of stone implements 

 from Georgia, which comj) rises a large number of types 

 and of which a portion was obtained during the last fiscal 

 year. Another collection of special note was obtained 

 from Major H. N. Rust, of Pasadena, California. It com- 

 prises several types and numei'ous examples representing 

 the stone artifacts of southern California. Advantage 

 was taken also of the opportunity to acquire a number of 

 the remarkably faithful Indian portraits executed by Mr 

 J. H. Sharp, of Cincinnati. A particularly instructive 

 collection of obsidian blades (including the largest known 

 specimens) was also obtained during the year through Mr 

 Nathan Joseph, of San Francisco, while a few particularly 

 fine pieces of aboriginal Alaskan workmanship were 

 obtained from Lieut. G. T. Emmons. A small collection 

 of basketry produced by the renegade Apache at Palomas 

 was picked up by Mr McGee, together with several pieces 

 of Pima basketry made near Marieoi)a. A .small but 

 noteworthy object obtained was an authenticated Sitting 

 Bull belt of beaded elk skin; and half a dozen small col- 

 lections of stone implements and weajjons were seciu-ed. 



