LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL 



Smithsonian Institution, 

 Institute of Social Anthropology, 



Washington 25, D. C, May 31, 1951. 

 Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith a manuscript entitled "Indian 

 Tribes of Northern Mato Grosso, Brazil," by Kalervo Oberg, with an appendix 

 entitled "Anthropometry of the Umotina, Nambicuara, and Iranxe, with 

 Comparative Data from Other Northern Mato Grosso Tribes," by Marshall 

 T. Newman, and to recommend that it be published as Publication Number 15 

 of the Institute of Social Anthropology. 

 Very respectfully yours, 



George M. Foster, Director. 

 Dr. Alexander Wetmore, 



Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. 



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