NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUMS 101 



several hundred flint instruments from most of the classic locali- 

 ties of the Paleolithic and Neolithic ages of France; pottery and 

 human remains of the Mound Builders; several hundred speci- 

 mens of Mexican and Peruvian pottery and a number of recent 

 Indian relics; interesting ethnologic collections of objects, chiefly 

 from Alaska and New Mexico, presented by Dr Sheldon Jackson 

 to the theologic seminary of Princeton and transferred to this 

 museum by the trustees of that institution, with the consent of 

 the donor; a series of models of the cliff dwellings and pueblos 

 of the southwest, executed under the direction of Dr Hayden. 



There is also a museum of historic art containing collections 

 illustrative of the history and processes of the graphic arts; re- 

 productions of Greek and Roman coins and gems; specimens of 

 Oreek and Roman marble; a collection of bronze medals; oasts 

 of ivories from the Roman to the Gothic period. A series of casts 

 from the arch of Trajan at Beneventum has been recently added. 



The Trumbull-Prime collection, illustrative of the history of 

 pottery and porcelain, has been arranged in new cases. Egypt is 

 represented by sepulchral figurines, beads and amulets; Pheni- 

 cia by numerous Cypriote vases; Greece, Etruria and southern 

 Italy by Corinthian aryballi and fine examples of larger vases of 

 black figured and red figured types. The Orient is further illus» 

 trated by specimens from Persia, China and Japan ; South Amer- 

 ica by Peruvian pottery. The collection is rich in examples of 

 European wares, to which England, France, Germany and Hol- 

 land are the chief contributors, but Italy, Russia, Sweden and 

 Switzerland are also represented. The collection comprises 

 about 20,000 specimens. A small rooan in the same story con- 

 tains a collection of pottery loaned by Mrs W. S. Livingston and 

 is noteworthy for the illustrative material it furnishes for the 

 ^arly history of our country. 



The staircase and basement are occupied by carefully selected 

 specimens of casts of ancient and medieval sculpture, presented 

 by the class of 1881 at its decennial. This collection was formed 

 to illustrate the history of ancient sculpture in Egypt, Babylon 



