G() REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1887. 



An exhaustive statement concerning this work accompanies this report, 

 and will enable scholars to know the riches and deficiencies of the Na- 

 tional Museum. 



As soon as our whole series can be worked out on the same plan, the 

 Museum will furnish a type series of all savage apparatus. 



During the first half of this fiscal year the curator was favored with 

 the assistance of Paymaster Webster, U. S. Navy. 



The following is a comprehensive list of accessions to the ethnological 

 department, arranged by countries, and shows the chief source of sup- 

 ply to this department of the National Museum : 



Lapland. — Dr. Emil Bessels (accession 17867) : Pipe and case. 



Greenland. — Mrs.Lilla May Pavy (accession 17854) : Kayaks (2) ; umiak (1) ; dog-har- 

 ness (1); sledge (1); long boots (1 pair) ; slippers (1 pair); belt (1); bag (1); 

 hand-bag (1) ; mats (3) ; hassock (1); eider-skin cloak (1); cai>e(l); eider-skin 

 muffs (2) ; wristlets (1 pair) ; eider foot-muff (1) ; eider-duck skins (3) ; beaded 

 collar (1); ivory counters (95 pieces, 1 set); paper-knives (2); hand-bag (1). 

 Dr. Emil Bessels (accession 17800): Model of child's sled (1); snow-knife (1); 

 woman's knife (1); parka (1). E. E. Peary (accession 18485): Model of kayak 

 and equipments. Capt. J. O. Spicer (accession 18669) : Arctic cotton. Dr. R. M. 

 Stone (accession 10127) : Slippers (1 pair). 



Cape Barrow, Alaska. — E. P. Herendeen (accessiou 19110): Boy's gloves (1 pair); 

 infants' suits (2); infant's mitts (1 pair); man's coat (1); belt (1); tobacco- 

 pouch (1); fire-bag (I); woman's coat (1); man's dancing coat (1); man's 

 breeches (1 pair) ; man's winter boots (1 pair). 



Kotzebue Sound, Alaska. — Lieut. George M. Stoney, U. S. Navy (accessions 18491 and 

 18616): Shaman's cup (1); dance paint (I); ivory carvings (4) ; ornament (1); 

 doll-head (1); quoit pegs (2); top (1); belt-box (1); man's costume (1); 

 woman's pants (1 pair); clothes-bag (1); combs (6); pipes (2); snuff-tube 

 (1); dippers (2); snuff muller and pestle (1); fish-hooks (4); line eye (1); 

 goose-snares (2) ; nets (7) ; seine needles (2); mesh-spacers (2) ; mesh weights 

 (3); net-sinker (1) ; snow-shoe needle (1); snow-shoes (2 pairs) ; seal-hide line 

 (1) ; harpoon lines (2) ; snow-goggles (1 pair) ; bow (1) ; arrows (9) ; quiver (1) ; 

 arrow-pointer (1); flint-flaker (1); arrow wrench (1); knife-sharpener (1); 

 spokeshave knives (2) ; handle of woman's knife (1); skin-scraper (1); fuller's 

 earth (1) ; bark-peeler (1) ; baskets (3) ; box (1) ; spoons (2) ; pouches (4) ; sew- 

 ing box (1); needle-case (1); model of snow-shovel (1); pickax (1); drill parts 

 (2) ; buoy-mouth (1) ; raw sinew (1) ; picked sinew (1) ; suit of fur clothes (1). 



St. Lawrence Island, Alaska. — E. W. Nelson (accession ): Parts of harpoons (17); parts 



of bird tridents (2 sets); fish hooks and lines (^-0); sinkers (4); float (1); ice- 

 creepers (7); arrows (3) ; bird bolas (2) ; parts of fox-trap (3) ; bird-airow points 

 (3); snares (14); bailers (3); oar-locks (1 pair); shovel-blades (2) ; bone wedgo 

 (1); thongs (4); toggles (3); jade adze-blade (1); drills (5); drill socket (1); 

 slate knife-blades (2) ; woman's knives (6) ; carving tools (6) ; ivory charger (1) ; 

 spacer (1); pipes (2); comb (1); armor plates (L piece); ivory carvings (19) ; 

 seal gut (1 roll) ; spoon (1). 



Togiak Itiver, Alaska. — S. Applegate (accession 18036) : Masks (7) ; dance-house orna- 

 ment (1); charm (1); labret (1); belt ornament (1); bead-spacer (1) ; chain of 

 walrus whiskers (1); head-dresses (6); finger-masks (4 pairs); dolls (33); bull- 

 roarer(l); combs (3); ear-rings (7 pairs); ivory carving (1); bird-arrow head (1); 

 traps for ermine (20); sinker (1); fish-hooks (15); model of Kayak (1); harpoon 

 points (3); beluga spears (4); harpoon fore-shafts (2); boat-book (1); snow-gog- 

 gles (2 pairs) ; skin-scrapers (13); fat-scrapers (2); leather-crimper (1) ; clay pot 

 (1); lamps (3); wooden boxes (3) ; wooden cup(l); grass-basket (1); bag-fasten- 



