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list. One or two other instances of metamorphosis will be mentioned 

 later on; for the present, we may proceed to consider the catalogue of 

 the second collection, viz. Thalbitzer's. 



When Cand. Thalbitzer in 1909, on behalf of the Committee for 

 the Investigation of Greenland, handed over the collection to the National 

 Museum, it was accompanied by a catalogue drawn up and signed by 

 the collector himself, marked "Copy" and dated Copenhagen 1907, with 

 a further note: "Delivered to the National Museum 19 12 1909, W. T." 



This list does not altogether agree with the one now published; it 

 did not, by the way, altogether agree with the contents of the collection 

 as delivered to the Museum. And in view of the fact that a published 

 list, if allowed to pass without remark, might well be regarded as invol- 

 ving an obligation on the part of the Museum to produce the objects 

 therein cited when called upon, it will be necessary to make some cor- 

 rections. 



List. No. 

 6 — 10. The two lists agree, but 6 specimens were received. 



47 — 50. "Two masks carved of wood". There were three (L. 4853 — 55). 



55 — 67. "Dolls dressed in skin clothes". These 13 numbers were noted 

 in the list as "abt. 12". There were however 21 (L. 4858—77 

 and L. 4899). 



71 — 88. "Various toys (nodding or pecking birds, puzzle with movable 

 beads on a string, buzzes, ajagaq, tops, balls)". In the list 

 delivered to the Museum these 18 numbers are represented 

 by the following: Two toys (noqqataait) (L. 4912 — 13) 1 2 ditto 

 birds (L. 4909- — 10) 4 wing buzzes (imittitwaain). 2 One ajagaq 

 game (L. 4911) — 3 tops (There were four: L. 4903—06). 

 Three balls (L. 4916 — 18). One toy with two beads (puzzle) 

 (L. 4945). Thus the published list gives 18 articles, the list 

 delivered to the Museum 16, whereas the actual number 

 received was 15. To these should be added, however, one 

 object not noted on the list delivered, viz; a jumping animal 

 (L. 4919) so that the Museum also received 16 pieces in all. 



89 — 98. "Images of animals carved of wood or ivory". This lot is 

 noted in the delivery list as "Various animals carved in wood" 

 i. e. not in ivory. Fifteen of these were delivered to the Museum, 

 not 10 as stated in the published list. 



1 Similar to that shown in Fig 376 c as "bull roarer". The Eskimo name 

 is not stated here, as in the case of the other toys, so that the List deli- 

 vered to the Museum furnishes new information on this head. 



2 The original 2 in the list had been altered to a 4; there were, however, 

 but two: L 4907-08. 



