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ILLUSTRATIONS. 



The illustrations are a most important feature of the research and i)ul)lication 

 work of the Bureau. They consist of drawings, photographs, rubbings, engravings, 

 etc., derived from many sources, and either used in the illustration of papers or 

 filed for reference. The photographic work includes the making of photographs of 

 all visiting Indians, copying pictures and maps, and photographing specimens. 



Mr. DeLancey Gill has continued in charge of illustrations, the volume of work 

 being about the same as in previous years. The preparation of illustrations, the 

 criticism and revision of engravers' proofs, and the iihotographic work have been 

 carried on in the usual manner. Illustrations for Doctor Fewke's paper on his Porto 

 Rican studies, consisting of 25 original drawings and photographs, were prepared and 

 sent with the manuscrii^t to the Public Printer. Engraved proofs of 330 drawings and 

 photographs, intended for use in the Twenty-second Annual Report, have been 

 received from*the Public Printer during the year, and have been criticised and cor- 

 rected. The printed editions of 107 colored plates, representing nearly 1,000,000 

 impressions, to be used in the Twenty-first and Twenty-second Annual reports, have 

 been examined by Mr. Gill and the imperfect work rejected. Drawings to the 

 number of about 200, intended for forthcoming reports by Mrs. M. C. Stevenson and 

 Dr. Stewart Culin, were executed by contract under the supervision of the authors. 

 The preparation of illustrations for reports following the Twenty-third was taken 

 up toward the close of the year. 



The photographic work has progressed satisfactorily. Six hundred and forty-six 

 62 by 8.T inch negatives have been made 123 of which were exposed in the field by 

 Dr. Frank Russell and developed in the office laboratory. About five hundred 4 by 5 

 inch films were exposed in the field by Dr. Fewkes, and also developed in the otfice 

 laljoratory, and a large number of portraits of visiting Indians were made during 

 the year. In all, 1,146 negatives were added to the collection and 1,341 prints were 

 made. 



Detailed plans by Mr. Gill of three of the great ruined buildings of Mexico, the 

 temple of Xochicalco, the temple of the Columns, Mitia, and the House of the Gov- 

 ernor, Uxmal, were prepared for use in constructing models of the buildings for the 

 Louisiana Purchase Exposition exhibit of the Smithsonian Institution. 



COLLECTIONS. 



For a number of years previous to the separation of the Bureau of Ethnology from 

 the Geological Survey, and also since the separation took place, the Bureau has made 

 extensive collections of objects illustrating its researches and forming the basis for 

 important studies. The collections have usually been catalogued on arrival at the 

 Bureau, and after serving their purposes for study and illustration have been trans- 

 ferred to the United States National Museum, where they have been recorded and 

 properly accredited to the Bureau. 



During the year important collections have been made as follows: Archaeological 

 collection from Santo Domingo and Porto Rico, by Dr. J. W. Fewkes, 1,210 speci- 

 mens; archieological collection from an aboriginal hematite mine in Missouri, by W. 

 H; Holmes and Gerard Fowke, 160 specimens; collection of fiiiit implements from 

 Indiana and Kentucky, by Gerard Fowke, many thousands of specimens; ethno- 

 logical collection from Zufii Pueblo, Arizona, by Mrs. M. C. Stevenson, 220 specimens. 

 These have been transferred to the National Museum along with numerous other 

 collections found in the Bureau offices and in storage. The latter include a large col- 

 lection from the Maine coast shell heaps, made by Mr. F. H. Gushing, 3,058 specimens; 

 an important collection of ethnological material from the Pima Indians of Arizona, 

 made l)y Dr. Frank Russell, 324 specimens, and numerous small collections and 

 single specimens. These collections have been accompanied by all available data 



