﻿PREFACE 
  XXXI 
  

  

  The 
  editors 
  of 
  the 
  Handbook 
  are 
  deeply 
  appreciative 
  of 
  the 
  coop- 
  

   eration 
  offered 
  by 
  institutions 
  and 
  individuals 
  in 
  selecting 
  and 
  lend- 
  

   ing 
  illustrative 
  material 
  for 
  the 
  present 
  volume. 
  We 
  are 
  indebted 
  

   to 
  the 
  University 
  Museum, 
  Philadelphia; 
  the 
  American 
  Museum 
  of 
  

   Natural 
  History, 
  New 
  York; 
  the 
  Chicago 
  Natural 
  History 
  Museum; 
  

   the 
  Museum 
  of 
  the 
  American 
  Indian, 
  Heye 
  Foundation, 
  New 
  York; 
  

   the 
  Department 
  of 
  Anthropology, 
  Columbia 
  University, 
  New 
  York; 
  

   and 
  the 
  Peabody 
  Museum 
  of 
  American 
  Archaeology 
  and 
  Ethnology, 
  

   Harvard 
  University, 
  for 
  making 
  available 
  many 
  excellent 
  photo- 
  

   graphs 
  of 
  specimens 
  and 
  field 
  pictures, 
  many 
  of 
  which 
  have 
  not 
  been 
  

   previously 
  published. 
  In 
  South 
  America, 
  the 
  Museo 
  Nacional 
  of 
  

   Lima, 
  Peru; 
  the 
  Museo 
  de 
  Historia 
  Nacional 
  of 
  Santiago, 
  Chile; 
  the 
  

   Museo 
  Etnografico 
  de 
  la 
  Facultad 
  de 
  Filosofia 
  y 
  Letras 
  of 
  Buenos 
  

   Aires, 
  Argentina; 
  the 
  Museo 
  Argentino 
  de 
  Ciencias 
  Naturales 
  of 
  

   Buenos 
  Aires; 
  and 
  the 
  Museo 
  de 
  La 
  Plata 
  of 
  Argentina 
  have 
  all 
  con- 
  

   tributed 
  generously 
  of 
  both 
  drawings 
  and 
  photographs. 
  

  

  A 
  number 
  of 
  individuals, 
  both 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  

   Republics 
  of 
  South 
  America, 
  have 
  played 
  an 
  important 
  part 
  in 
  

   supplying 
  photographs 
  of 
  scientific 
  importance 
  and 
  technical 
  excel- 
  

   lence. 
  To 
  Mr. 
  James 
  Sawders, 
  of 
  Nutley, 
  New 
  Jersey, 
  and 
  to 
  Mr. 
  

   Truman 
  Bailey 
  we 
  are 
  extremely 
  grateful. 
  Both 
  of 
  these 
  gentlemen 
  

   contributed 
  willingly 
  and 
  freely 
  fron 
  the 
  large 
  Dumber 
  of 
  photographs 
  

   in 
  their 
  personal 
  collections. 
  We 
  wish 
  also 
  to 
  express 
  our 
  thanks 
  

   to 
  many 
  other 
  contributors: 
  The 
  Publicity 
  Department 
  of 
  the 
  Grace 
  

   Line 
  Steamship 
  Co., 
  of 
  New 
  York; 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  E. 
  Rudolph, 
  of 
  Larchmont, 
  

   New 
  York; 
  the 
  National 
  Geographic 
  Magazine, 
  of 
  Washington, 
  D. 
  C; 
  

   Dr. 
  Alfred 
  M£traux, 
  of 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  Institution, 
  Washington, 
  

   D. 
  C; 
  Dr. 
  Donald 
  Collier, 
  of 
  the 
  Chicago 
  Natural 
  History 
  Museum; 
  

   Mr. 
  John 
  Wise, 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  City; 
  Sefior 
  Rafael 
  Larco 
  Hoyle, 
  of 
  

   Trujillo, 
  Peru; 
  Dr. 
  Luis 
  E. 
  Valcarcel, 
  of 
  the 
  Museo 
  Nacional, 
  Lima, 
  

   Peru; 
  Dr. 
  Paul 
  Fejos 
  of 
  the 
  Viking 
  Fund, 
  New 
  York 
  City; 
  Dr. 
  Ber- 
  

   nard 
  Mishkin, 
  of 
  Columbia 
  University, 
  New 
  York 
  City; 
  Dr. 
  Harry 
  

   Tschopik, 
  Jr., 
  of 
  Peabody 
  Museum 
  of 
  American 
  Archaeology 
  and 
  Eth- 
  

   nology, 
  Harvard 
  University; 
  Dr. 
  Fernando 
  Marquez 
  Miranda, 
  of 
  the 
  

   Museo 
  de 
  La 
  Plata, 
  Argentina; 
  Dr. 
  Francisco 
  de 
  Aparicio, 
  of 
  the 
  

   Museo 
  Etnografico, 
  Universidad 
  de 
  Buenos 
  Aires, 
  Argentina; 
  Dr. 
  

   Gladys 
  Reichard, 
  of 
  Barnard 
  College, 
  New 
  York, 
  who 
  is 
  acting 
  as 
  

   scientific 
  executrix 
  of 
  the 
  Elsie 
  Clews 
  Parsons 
  estate; 
  Dr. 
  Gregorio 
  

   Hernandez 
  de 
  Alba, 
  of 
  the 
  Servicio 
  Arqueologico 
  Nacional, 
  Bogota, 
  

   Colombia; 
  Dr. 
  Willard 
  Z. 
  Park, 
  of 
  the 
  University 
  of 
  Oklahoma; 
  Mr. 
  

   Thomas 
  D. 
  Cabot, 
  of 
  Boston; 
  and 
  Mr. 
  George 
  Hewitt 
  Meyers, 
  of 
  

   Washington, 
  D. 
  C. 
  

  

  Julian 
  H. 
  Steward, 
  Editor. 
  

  

  