﻿Report 
  of 
  the 
  Director. 
  11 
  

  

  " 
  Historical 
  and 
  Ethnological 
  collection" 
  before 
  referred 
  to, 
  

   that 
  portion 
  comprising 
  the 
  stone 
  and 
  terra-cotta 
  implements 
  

   has 
  been 
  withdrawn 
  and 
  arranged 
  as 
  a 
  separate 
  collection 
  in 
  a 
  

   range 
  of 
  table-cases 
  at 
  the 
  east 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  floor. 
  The 
  

   following 
  is 
  the 
  series 
  as 
  displayed 
  in 
  the 
  several 
  cases 
  : 
  Pestles, 
  

   gouges, 
  axes, 
  hand-axes 
  or 
  chisels, 
  amulets, 
  miscellaneous 
  

   objects 
  in 
  stone, 
  knives, 
  stone 
  and 
  terra-cotta 
  pipes 
  and 
  frag- 
  

   ments, 
  pottery, 
  lances 
  and 
  arrow-heads. 
  

  

  The 
  pestles 
  are 
  illustrated 
  by 
  a 
  fine 
  series, 
  varying 
  in 
  size 
  from 
  

   five 
  to 
  twenty-three 
  inches 
  in 
  length. 
  Among 
  the 
  axes 
  (over 
  

   100 
  in 
  number), 
  are 
  examples 
  showing 
  much 
  skill 
  in 
  workman- 
  

   ship. 
  The 
  arrow-heads 
  have 
  been 
  grouped 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  show 
  the 
  

   several 
  materials 
  from 
  which 
  they 
  were 
  made, 
  as 
  quartz, 
  chert, 
  

   porphyry, 
  obsidian, 
  sandstone, 
  shale, 
  etc. 
  The 
  various 
  forms 
  

   were 
  doubtless 
  adapted 
  to 
  the 
  purposes 
  for 
  which 
  they 
  were 
  

   intended, 
  whether 
  for 
  warfare 
  or 
  game 
  of 
  different 
  kinds, 
  rang- 
  

   ing 
  from 
  the 
  simple 
  unnotched 
  conical 
  head, 
  to 
  the 
  delicately 
  

   wrought 
  and 
  artistic 
  barbed 
  form. 
  One 
  example 
  illustrates 
  a 
  

   form 
  rarely 
  seen, 
  of 
  a 
  beveling 
  of 
  the 
  opposite 
  sides, 
  by 
  means 
  

   of 
  which 
  rotation 
  is 
  imparted 
  in 
  its 
  flight. 
  Although, 
  from 
  

   want 
  of 
  case-room, 
  but 
  a 
  portion 
  of 
  this 
  collection 
  is 
  displayed, 
  

   it 
  very 
  deservingly 
  commands 
  the 
  notice 
  of 
  the 
  visitors 
  of 
  the 
  

   Museum. 
  

  

  Distribution 
  of 
  Duplicate 
  Fossils 
  and 
  Minerals. 
  

  

  The 
  work 
  of 
  selection, 
  preparation 
  and 
  labeling 
  the 
  duplicates 
  

   of 
  fossils 
  and 
  minerals 
  of 
  the 
  Museum 
  (the 
  greater 
  portion 
  of 
  

   which 
  were 
  from 
  the 
  Simms, 
  Gebhard 
  and 
  Van 
  Rensselaer 
  col- 
  

   lections), 
  was 
  continued 
  during 
  the 
  month 
  of 
  January, 
  with 
  

   the 
  entire 
  force 
  of 
  the 
  Museum. 
  But 
  while 
  the 
  work 
  was 
  still 
  

   only 
  half 
  completed, 
  it 
  became 
  necessary 
  to 
  vacate 
  the 
  room 
  

   for 
  the 
  occupancy 
  of 
  the 
  Census 
  Bureau. 
  

  

  The 
  distribution 
  of 
  the 
  duplicate 
  collections 
  to 
  the 
  several 
  

   institutions 
  authorized 
  to 
  receive 
  them, 
  by 
  legislative 
  enact- 
  

   ments 
  and 
  by 
  direction 
  of 
  the 
  Board 
  of 
  Regents, 
  has 
  been 
  con- 
  

   tinued 
  during 
  the 
  year. 
  Collections 
  have 
  been 
  sent 
  to 
  the 
  

   following 
  institutions 
  : 
  

  

  Rensselaer 
  Polytechnic 
  Institute 
  of 
  Troy, 
  1ST. 
  Y. 
  

   Cornell 
  University, 
  Ithaca. 
  

   Syracuse 
  University, 
  Syracuse. 
  

  

  