36 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1925 



A large number of students of American history and ethnology 

 have inspected and studied ethnological material that has had some 

 special interest to them in connection with some project that they 

 were prosecuting at the time. The information in each case desired 

 was definite and limited toi some particular detail of American 

 history or etlinology. In most instances it was possible with the 

 aid of the place catalogue mentioned above to put before the student 

 material helpful in solving or in throwing additional light on his 

 problem. Old paintings such as those in the Catlin collection, and 

 old and rare photographs were much in demand for study and for 

 reproduction. Loans of photographs from the division files were 

 made from time to time for use of publishers, writers, and educators. 

 Mr. Kulkarni, of Poona, India, who spent several weeks in the 

 United States studying the agricultural miethods of the North 

 American Indian, while in Washington consulted the files of the 

 division. 



A study of the armor of western Malaysia was prosecuted by 

 George C. Stone, of New York, and several photographs of speci- 

 mens of armor, helmets, and weapons in the W. L. Abbott collection 

 were taken at his request. Similarly, at the request of Dr. F. Boas, 

 of Columbia University New York City, some 300 Eskimo decorated 

 needlecases of ivory and bone were photographed. Doctor Boas 

 is making an intensive study of primitive art and expect to use these 

 photographs for publication. 



In the division of American archeology, Mr. Judd has completed 

 a report on archeolgical observations north of the Kio Colorado 

 in Utah and Arizona. Monroe Amsden, of Farmington, New Mex., 

 assistant to Mr. Judd in the explorations of the National Geographic 

 Society at Pueblo Bonito, was engaged for three months following 

 October 1 in the study of ceramic material from Pueblo Bonito 

 already received in the division. In addition, Dr. A. V. Kidder, 

 Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass.; Earl PI. Morris, Carnegie Insti- 

 tution of Washington, Washington, D. C. ; and Supt. J. L. Nusbaum, 

 of the Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado, spent brief periods in 

 examination of the collections in this division. 



In the division of Old World Archeology Doctor Casanowicz con- 

 tinued his study of Oriental seals. Prof. Jean Capart, conservator 

 and secretary of the Royal Museum of Brussels, Belgium, examined 

 the Egyptian collections. 



A study of " Old Americans," begun by the curator of physical 

 anthropology in 1912, received its final revision during the year and 

 is now in press. The second part of the " Catalogue of Human 

 Crania," relating to the division collections, is finished. Additional 

 measurements to act as an appendix to this catalogue have also been 

 secured. The curator also carried on an investigation on the weight 



