386 Thomas Thomsen. 



That Mr. Thalbitzer regards the objects shown in Fig. 241 as 

 "surely" belonging to the Holm collection is hardly to be wondered at, 

 since the implements in question are drawn in Plate XIX of Holm's 

 "Ethnologisk Skizze". On the other hand, his doubt as regards Fig. 190 

 is unfounded, which is just as well, in view of the fact that Holm's name 

 appears here, not only beneath the illustration, but also in the text. 



Of the remainder, the greater part, viz; Figs. 172b, 314c, 314d, 

 315b, 315c, and 327b, belong to C. Ryder's collection, Fig. 334 is from 

 that of Johan Petersen, while Nos. 273 and 309 represent objects 

 brought in during the years 1849 — 54. 



Doubts having thus arisen as to the correctness of the descriptions 

 given, the Museum authorities found it advisable to go through the whole 

 list of the objects stated as belonging to the Holm collection 1 , which 

 piece of work was amply justified by the results. It was found that 

 the Author ought, as a matter of fact, to have included in his "doubtful" 

 category a great deal more than the ten items to which he refers. True, 

 this would have involved the necessity of expanding the note in question 

 to an inconvenient length, since the items attributed to Holm include, 

 in actual fact: 



79 objects brought home by С Ryder in 1892. This considerable 

 collection, numerically superior to Holm's, can hardly have been un- 

 known to Mr. Thalbitzer — Ryder's name is mentioned on p. 325 — 

 he appears, however, to have disregarded it altogether save when bor- 

 rowing therefrom large quantities of material which he ascribes to the 

 Holm collection. 



44 objects collected at different times by Johan Petersen. 



13 belonging to the proceeds of W. Thalbitzer's voyage in 1905 — 

 06, making about one-eighth of that collection. And this moreover, despite 

 the fact that the Editor must be supposed to have had a certain ac- 

 quaintance with the objects in question, since he gives a list of them 

 on p. 752. 



2 brought home by Pastor C. Rüttel, 1 anonymously con- 

 tributed in 1894; 10 dating from the years 1838 — 65 and 2 from 

 1881. 



We thus find that no less than 151, or two-fifths of the total 

 number of objects attributed to Holm, are in reality derived 

 from other collections. 



Here and there, it is true, the Author is at some pains to be more 

 exact, in the figures marked "Holm and later collections". 



This designation, however, certainly appears somewhat remarkable 

 when, as in Fig. 352, it applies to but a single object, this being, more- 

 over, from C. Ryder's collection. It is equally misleading in the case 



1 In a few instances it has proved impossible to identify the objects as shown 

 in the illustrations; possibly some of them may not be from the National 

 Museum at all. 



