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New York. — From General Porter, complete opium-smokers' outfit (17198) ; from Peck 

 & Snyder, series of modern games, dumb-bells, gymnastic apparatus, croquet, box- 

 ing-gloves, archery, cock fighting, and theatrical outfits, Indian clubs, skates, lawn 

 tennis, lacrosse, base-ball, foot-ball, foils and masks (11487). 



From the Cooperative Dress Association (12096), {esthetic dress of 1882, mod- 

 ern adaption of ancient Grecian dress. 

 From Capt. Charles Bendire, snow-shoes from the Adirondacks (17472). 



Neiv Hampshire. — Paper-hangings of last century. 



South Carolina. — Frontier conveniences and clothing. 



Texas. — Old gun-flints. 



Virginia. — Dental snufT and plantation specimens. 



Nevada.— From the Ute Indians, basket-hats, basket harvesting-wands, wicker cradles, 

 fanning and roasting trays, water-tight archer bottles, carrying-baskets (16956). 



Utah.— Quiver, bow, and arrows, rabbit-skin robes, photographs of headmen (13581) 

 from Bureau of Ethnology. 



Wisconsin.— Wooden shoes worn by Swede and Norwegian settlers (16726). 



Wyoming. — Saddle of Indians (17121). 



MEXICO. 



The objects from this locality are principally from the collections of 

 Dr. Edward Palmer in Sonora and Chihuahua, and from the Mexican 

 Government at the New Orleans Exposition. The donations include 

 the following examples: (17111, 17070, 16860,) Skull of Tarahuraara 

 Indian, thirty-nine casts of Mexican antiquities made by Eufemio Aba- 

 diano, illustrated atlas of Mexican social life and natural history, 

 atlas of primitive husbandry, such as planting board, cactus fruit 

 picker or tongs, primitive spade ; weapons, including sling, bow, ar- 

 rows, and wrist-guard of Tarahumaras; horse-trappings, bridles, sad- 

 dles, blankets, stirrups, tether ropes, cinctures 5 mealing tools, mortars 

 and pestles, metates and mullers or brazosj textile products, many wicker 

 baskets, wallets, bark cloth, sacks of pita and other native fiber, water 

 filters, jars, water skins. 



Complete outfit of Guadalajara potter, consisting of clay in various 

 stages of preparation, molds for modeling parts, molding tools of 

 rosewood, paint and brushes, casts and vessels in different stages of 

 completion, model of pottery, and drawing of shop. 



Household apparatus aad utensils: Dippers of gourd, ladles, spoons 

 of wood, mush sticks, chocolate- cups, stirrers, pulque-sieves, trough 

 for washing. 



Articles of costume : Straw and palm hats, rain-coats, serapes, belts, 

 sandals, specimens of coarse cloth, money-bag, wash-rags of pita fiber, 

 hair-brushes of vegetable fiber. 



Furniture : Beds of cocoa and pita fiber, mattresses, pillows, floor 

 mats, chairs, floor brushes, wooden trays, brooms, scrubbing brushes, 

 chairs, shingle-pins, fire-fans, torches, pot-carriers, head-bands, model 

 of pulque gatherer, gathering nuts, water-carriers' yoke. 



Ceremonial objects: Masks, dance-rattles, incensanos, uniforms of 

 police and soldiers of different Mexican corps, fire-mattress, horse equip- 



