38 REPORT OP NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1925 



Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y., received from the division a 

 loan of a large number of photographs illustrating the art desigii 

 of the Northwest Coast Indians. Mr. Bissantz is making a detailed 

 review of the decorative art of these Indians. A loan of Pueblo 

 prayer plumes was made to Elise Clews Parsons, of New York, 

 who is prosecuting a study of the religious ceremonies of the Pueblo 

 Indians. 



From the division of physical anthropology samples of human 

 hair from Negritos of the Philippine Islands and Cunas of Panama 

 were sent to Dr. Leon Hausman of the Department of Zoology, 

 Rutgers College. Later a further series of samples taken from the 

 liair of the " White Indians " was sent to Dr. Hausman. Capt. E. W. 

 Leigh, of the Army Medical Museum, received the loan of a series 

 of skulls and jawbones in connection with his studies on dental 

 pathology among the Indian tribes. 



DISTRIBUTION AND EXCHANGE OF SPECIMENS 



Several loans of textiles illustrating the costumes and artcraft 

 of various peoples have been made by the division of ethnology 

 during the year, usually for short intervals. The material thus 

 loaned has been exhibited at conventions, schools, libraries, and in 

 pageants, and has served to better acquaint the general public with 

 the decorative design and art crafts of sundry peoples. One of 

 these loans, consisting of Siamese material, made to the Children's 

 Section of the Charleston Museum, Charleston, S. C, included 19 

 pieces, among which may be mentioned a silk sarong and other 

 fabrics to typify Siamese weaving, lacquered wood, and domestic 

 art objects. A loan of Chinese costumes was made to the Depart- 

 ment of Chinese of the School of Business, Columbia University, 

 New York City, and included 20 pieces. Two loang^ of 27 and 24 

 pieces, respectively, were made to the Eandall Junior High School, 

 Washington, D. C. The larger loan consisted of Japanese objects 

 of art and material of use in the daily life of the Japanese, while 

 the other covered misicellaneous Indian ethnologica. A gift of 

 64 pieces of American Indian Pottery was made to the Museum of 

 Natural History of the Pubhc Schools of Battle Creek, Mich. 

 Another gift of 22 unaccessioned duplicate photographs of Ameri- 

 can Indians was made to Mr. Kulkarni, Agriculture College, Poona, 

 India. Through exchange, Hon. R. F. Pettigrew, of Sioux Falls, 

 S. Dak., received a collection of 52 pieces of western plains Indian 

 ethnologica. 



The division of American archeology presented 13 specimens of 

 ancient pottery to the Museum of Natural History of the Battle 

 Creek, Mich., public schools, and 27 specimens of stone implements 



