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war clubs, hammers, axes, etc., a few copper implements, includ- 

 ing two Aztec copper bells; Indian clothing and implements; 

 some bone implements from remains of the Lake Dwellers, and 

 stone and bronze implements from European localities; also a 

 collection of 3500 coins and 112 casts of antique Grecian sculp- 

 ture. 



On the exchange list are arrow and spearheads from various 

 localities, obsidian flakes from Mexico, perforated stones from 

 South Africa, pottery from New Mexico and Arizona, broken 

 pottery, etc. from the shell mounds of Japan, and Cliff Dwellers 

 pottery. 



The museum also possesses a large collection of postage 

 stamps. 



Lawrence university museum, Appleton. D. P. Nicholson in 

 charge. 



Paleontology. Small collection of fossils representing the 

 Devonian, Silurian and Ordoyician. 



Mineralogy. Fair working collection of minerals and rocks. 



Geology. A duplicate set of the collections made by the state 

 geological survey of 1879 and some succeeding years. 



Zoology. 150 mounted animals and bird skins, and a set of 

 shells, all collected by Dr J. J. Brown of Sheboygan, and 

 amounting to several hundred species with a considerable num- 

 ber of duplicates. 



Ethnology and anthropology. Collection of miscellaneous 

 curios. 



Milton college museum, Milton. Ludwig Kumlien is in charge of 

 the museum, except the ethnologic collections, which belong to 

 Willis P. Clarke. 



Paleontology, mineralogy and geology. 4000 specimens not well 

 arranged and grouped, of a wide distribution, though Wisconsin 

 is best represented. 



Zoology. 30 mounted specimens of as many species of Wis- 

 consin mammals; 400 mounted specimens of Wisconsin birds; 

 200 specimens, mostly alcoholic, of Wisconsin reptiles, amphib- 

 ians and fish; 500 alcoholic specimens of marine invertebrates, 

 and 2000 insects. A private collection of more than 6000 skins 

 of animals and birds, also one of the eggs of 500 different species 



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