36 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1924 



In the sections of musical instruments, ceramics, and art textiles 

 the number of specimens received fall below the previous year in 

 number but are about equal in value. 



ACCESSIONS DESERVING SPECIAL NOTICE 



From the Philippines a considerable collection was received from 

 Mrs. Florence G. Miller. These specimens were collected bj^ the 

 late Capt, E. Y. Miller while on duty in the Philippines as Governor 

 of Palawan. The specimens were selected with the view to the 

 requirements of the Museum and are therefore valuable additions 

 to the collection. They consist of bark cloth, fire thongs, bamboo 

 strike-a-lights, masks, and decorated bamboo from the natives of 

 Palawan, decorated gongs, shields, and other articles from the Moros 

 among others. A gratifying increase in the collections from South 

 America was due to the public spirit of D. S. Bullock, who con- 

 tributed 82 specimens of ethnologica from various tribes in Argen- 

 tina, Peru, Bolivia, and other regions. The material consists of cos- 

 tumes of native Araucanian loom work, native silver ornaments 

 showing the influence of ancient Peruvian decorative motives, speci- 

 mens of Aymara, Lengua, and Chamacoco> folk art, and various 

 weapons and objects connected with social life. The Bureau of 

 American Ethnology transferred to the Museum a large blanket hav- 

 ing a design of the Yeibichi dance, which it had received from the 

 Navaho Indian chief, Chee Dodge. Francis La Flesche, Omaha 

 Indian, presented a copy in catlinite of a sacred pipe of his tribe, the 

 design being the hoof of the buffalo. Hon. Hoffman Philip lent 

 two horn cups, presents from the Emperor of Abyssinia. These 

 horn cups are still believed to have magical powers, a belief prev- 

 alent in Europe in the Middle Ages. Mr. Philip also presented two 

 silver-mounted ear plugs from the Choco Indians, Colombia, South 

 America. A very good old specimen of a bifid bone snuffing tube 

 of the Indians of Colombia was presented by Brother Ariste Joseph 

 of Bogota. Several specimens of edible preparations were added to 

 the collection of aboriginal American foods in the division of ethnol- 

 ogy. These were a cake of persimmon bread from the Osage and 

 prepared root of the water chinquapin presented by Francis La 

 Flesche, and a piece of dried seal meat from the Makah Indians of 

 Washington by Miss Frances Densmore. American Indian ethnol- 

 ogica treasured by members of the old Army who campaigned in the 

 West are still occasionally received by the Museum. Notable in 

 this regard is a collection formerly belonging to the late Gen. G. 

 Norman Lieber, presented by his wife. The collection consists of 

 beaded and feathered articles of costume, weapons, dolls, cradles, 

 and other articles formerly used by the western Indians. 



