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The miscellaneous exhibition work of the year comprised 

 several important additions and revisions. The Eskimo collec- 

 tions are now installed in the corridor to the 

 Exhibition j e f t f the en trance to the Lecture Hall. The 



Series 



space is inadequate, but it has been possible to 

 show the essential characteristics of Eskimo culture for the 

 main geographical groups. Special emphasis has been given 

 to the archaeological collections representing the prehistoric 

 development of the Eskimo. The greater part of these speci- 

 mens are from the Stefansson-Anderson and the Crocker 

 Land Expeditions. The section for the Indians of Eastern 

 United States has been condensed and enriched by the addition 

 of related archaeological material, particularly in the alcoves 

 for the Iroquois and the Indians of the Southeastern States. 

 We plan further to intensify the exhibits of this hall by 

 adding such archaeological specimens as clearly belong to 

 the immediate prehistoric periods of the respective localities. 



Following out the same idea in the hall for the Indians 

 of the Plains, archaeological material has been added to the 

 Hidatsa-Mandan sections and one case installed to show the 

 general archaeology of the area. Assistant Curator Spinden 

 collected cultivated plants among the Hidatsa-Mandan Indians 

 of North Dakota, including a series of squashes which have 

 been skilfully reproduced in wax and placed on view as part 

 of a special food exhibit in the section for these Indians. 



Finally, mention may be made of a special installation of 

 new specimens from the prehistoric ruin of Aztec now being 

 excavated as a part of the Archer M. Huntington Survey of 

 the Southwest. 



Our collections have been greatly enriched by the generosity 

 of many donors, a list of whom will be found under a 

 separate head. A fine Chinese painting was 

 presented by Mr. Ogden Mills. Mr. George 

 Langford of Joliet, Illinois, presented a large archaeological 

 collection gathered by him in the course of investigations of 

 certain village sites near his home, an account of which has 

 been published in the American Anthropologist. Our 



