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Accessions of especial importance received in the division of 

 American archeology were 95 ancient earthenware bowls with figures 

 of animals and men and of group compositions, from the Mimbres 

 Valley, N. Mex., received from the Bureau of American Ethnology. 

 This pottery is unique and peculiar to the locality. It has been the 

 subject of two publications by Dr. J. Walter Fewkes. From an 

 adjoining locality, at Casas Grandes, Mexico, 88 pieces of excellent 

 pottery were received as a loan from Victor J. Evans. An important 

 series of objects, 218 in number, were collected by M. W. Stirling in 

 South Dakota. The National Geographic Society, Washington, 

 D. C, presented a valuable series of 26 objects from Basket Maker 

 and Cliff Dweller habitations in southeastern Utah. John L. Baer 

 contributed 226 stone artifacts collected by him in the Susquehanna 

 Valley. An ancient pottery censer from the island of Carmen, 

 Yucatan, was presented by David I. Bushnell. Dr. W. L. Abbott 

 sent in two stone bowls and other specimens from Santo Domingo. 

 Several lots of stone implements and ornaments from Colombia were 

 presented by Brother Ariste Joseph, of Bogota. 



Chief of the accessions received in the division of Old World 

 archeology during the year are a series of prehistoric antiquities 

 from France, Belgium, and Germany, which were collected by Dr. 

 Ales Hrdlicka during his recent trip to Europe; 30 eoliths from 

 Ipswich, England, received in exchange with J. Reid Moir; and 8 

 prehistoric specimens from France, in exchange with Dr. Henri 

 Martin. 



Accessions in the division of physical anthropology deserving 

 special mention include a large collection of skeletal remains from 

 early historic Arikara Indian village sites near Mobridge, S. Dak., 

 which has been received and catalogued. Material much desired by 

 the Museum was obtained from the Tokyo Imperial University 

 through Prof. Y. Koganei, and in exchange five trephined and three 

 artificially deformed crania were sent. A number of additions to 

 the collection illustrating early man were secured by the curator. 

 Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass., kindly sent as a gift 21 crania 

 from Mississippi, apparently of Natchez Indians. 



In the section of musical instruments Hugo Worch added three 

 rare instruments to his collection: A clavichord of 1700 and two 

 Italian spinets of 1475 and 1525, respectively. Mrs. Charles Wet- 

 more presented a harp-back piano long obsolete but in perfect play- 

 ing condition. Miss Le Clair Gaillard presented an antique Spanish 

 guitar beautifully embellished with inlay and painting. 



Important accessions received in the section of ceramics were a 

 loan from Miss Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore of five specimens of 

 Japanese, Chinese, and Korean porcelain; the gift from Dr. W. H. 

 Holmes of two beautiful Pennsylvania Dutch pottery dishes of tulip 



