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tion of 1 89 1 and 1892. There will also come to us a series of 

 casts from the moulds made by the expedition, giving us a 

 number of fac-similes of sculptures and hieroglyphs of the great 

 stairway of the Temple. The Peabody Museum also places at 

 our disposal the use of the moulds taken during the former expe- 

 ditions, for such casts as may be desired. 



Mexico. — The term of Dr. Lumholtz's stay in Mexico is draw- 

 ing to a close, and his services will then be available for the com- 

 pilation of the voluminous notes of his field-work prosecuted 

 during 1894, 1895 and 1896. Praise is especially due to him for 

 the collections made during this year, those received and now in 

 transit being far more important than those made by him during 

 either of the preceding two years. 



With these brief references to the expeditions just noted, which 

 are a part of the work of the department, attention is directed to 

 other notable additions to the collections. To Mr. J. Pierpont 

 Morgan we are indebted for the valuable Peruvian material, 

 known as the " Garces Collection," consisting of gold, silver, 

 copper and bronze objects, pottery vessels, wooden vases and 

 garments (ponchos), from prehistoric sites on the islands and 

 shores of Lake Titacaca, in Peru and Bolivia ; also shell and 

 feather work, consisting of collars, feather head-plumes, and a 

 small feather poncho from the ruins of Gran Chimu, Peru. The 

 Duke of Loubat has added to his former gifts an archaeological 

 collection from the State of Oaxaca, Mexico ; a series of casts of 

 the original sculptures in the Berlin Ethnological Museum, from 

 the ruins of Santa Lucia Cozumahualpa, Guatemala ; and a 

 photographic copy of the " Codex Legislatif," an ancient Aztec 

 book on maguey paper, preserved in the Library of the Chamber 

 of Deputies, Paris. Reference was made in the preceding report 

 of the gift by the same donor, of the widely-known " Charnay " 

 casts of the sculptures from the sites of ancient ruins in Guate- 

 mala, Yucatan and Mexico. The set, numbering 5 r pieces, was 

 received at the Museum early in the year, and is temporarily 

 installed in the large vestibule of the ground floor of the main 

 entrance. This donor has ordered for the Museum, from the 



