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siderably condensed, changes which were made necessary by 

 the important additions from the Jesup North Pacific expe- 

 dition. The accumulation of additional material from the 

 North American Indians made it necessary to remove part of 

 the Lumholtz Mexican material to the temporary " Missionary 

 Hall " in the southeast corner of the second floor. The 

 Pueblo pottery was moved to the second floor, and the cases 

 formerly occupied by it have been devoted to southwestern 

 basketry. All the South Sea material, furthermore, has been 

 removed from the West hall and replaced by Eskimo material 

 and by the rest of the Laufer material from the Amur river. 

 The detailed re-arrangement of the North hall is still in pro- 

 gress. 



The West and Southwest halls on the second floor have been 

 opened to the public. The former contains at present a portion 

 of the material sent from China by Dr. Laufer, the Pueblo 

 pottery, the Briggs collection of baskets and a small portion of 

 the extensive collections made in the Southwest by the Hyde 

 expedition. Especially noteworthy in the last-named collec- 

 tions, is the display of baskets and other material from the 

 graves of the "Basket Makers" of southeastern Utah. The 

 Southwest hall contains an exhibit illustrating in part the 

 archaeology of the United States. Among its special features 

 there is a representation of the culture of tribes once in- 

 habiting the Saginaw Valley, Michigan. This collection 

 was made by Mr. Harlan I. Smith, the Assistant Curator of 

 the department, during his residence in the region previous to 

 his connection with this institution, and it has been presented 

 to the Museum by him. He has arranged the collection with 

 illustrative photographs and maps, and has prepared a descrip- 

 tive guide leaflet with numerous illustrations. All of the South 

 American archseological collections have now been placed on 

 exhibition, except the series from Santa Marta, Colombia, 

 recently received from Mr. F. C. Nicholas. They occupy 

 the West Gallery hall. The acquisition of the Gaffron 

 collection, recently purchased by the Trustees, has greatly 

 increased the importance of the Peruvian exhibit. The 

 Garces collection of gold and silver objects from the Lake 



