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Casts of Assyro-Babylonian, Egyptian, and Grrseeo-Roinan sculp- 

 tures were purchased from various dealers in England, France, Italy, 

 and the United States. In this collection is a stele engraved with the 

 code of laws of the Babylonian King, Hammurabi, which is of peculiar 

 interest, as it aids in portraying the civilization of Babylon more than 

 four thousand years ago. 



EXCHANGES. 



Among the specimens acquired through exchange during the year 

 may be mentioned copies of rare musical instruments received from 

 Mrs. John Crosby Brown, in exchange for similar material; and 28 

 specimens illustrative of the folklore of England and Ireland from 

 Edward Lovett, Esq., Croydon, England, in exchange for American 

 Indian specimens. 



TRANSFERS AND LOANS. 



A very interesting collection numbering 550 specimens was secured 

 by J. Walter Fewkes, of the Bureau of American Ethnology. It 

 includes objects from the islands of Trinidad, Grenada, Cariaco, St. 

 Vincent, Barbados, Dominica, Porto Rico, and Cuba. The most nota- 

 ble of these are stone collars, tripointed stone zemes, earthenware 

 bowls of unique form and decoration, and a series of carved stone 

 masks and amulets. There are also polished hatchets and chisels, axes 

 of the Carib type, sculptured pestles, mortars, heads of stone, shell 

 hatchets, and grotesque heads and faces used as decorations of pottery 

 vessels. This collection was made systematically with a view to work- 

 ing out the ancient connections between the two continents of North 

 and South America. 



A large number of archeological objects from various caverns, rock- 

 shelters, and village sites in the Ozark region in Missouri and Arkan- 

 sas, collected by William H. Holmes, were obtained by transfer from 

 the Bureau of American Ethnology. These include chipped flint 

 implements, ranging from roughly worked pieces and blades to well- 

 finished arrow points, spearheads, and scrapers; hammer and rubbing 

 stones, bone implements, fragments of pottery, pieces of basket work, 

 woven fabrics, twisted cords made from the vegetable liber, cave 

 breccia containing flints, animal bones (mainly split), and a few human 

 bones. The objects are exceptionally well classified. The position, 

 whether in caves, village sites, bottom lands, etc., is carefully marked, 

 and in addition there are furnished two maps and four charts upon 

 which the different localities arc indicated. The collection, which 

 numbers 2,71<> specimens, is a notable addition to the Museum, as it 

 represents material from new areas. 



