Selected Acquisitions: October 1, 1999-September 30, 2000 



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White Avalokiteshvara, Nepal, fourteenth century, wood 

 with pigment. Museum purchase, Friends of the Freer and 

 Sackler Galleries and Sigrid and Vinton Cert 



Hirshhom Museum and 

 Sculpture Garden 



Arshile Gorky, Study for "Nighttime, Enigma, and Nostalgia," 



ca. 1932, pen and brush and ink. Joseph H. Hirshhorn 



Purchase Fund 

 Jim Hodges, This Way In, 1999, silk, plastic, and wire with 



pins. Museum purchase 

 Jannis Kounellis, Untitled. 1980, stone and plaster fragments. 



Joseph H. Hirshhorn Purchase Fund 

 Michelangelo Pistoletto, Venus of the Rags, 1967, plaster and 



fabric. Joseph H. Hirshhorn Bequest Fund 

 Rachel Whiteread, Untitled (Library), 1999, dental plastet, 



polystyrene, fiberboard, and steel. Joseph H. Hirshhorn 



Purchase Fund 



National Air and Space Museum 



Three butterflies from the student experiment flown on the 

 STS-93 Space Shuttle mission, July 1999. Gift of the 

 High School/High Tech Program, Dougherty County 

 School System, Albany, Georgia 



Nemesis racer, the most successful aircraft in air racing 

 history, built and piloted by Jon Sharp. Gift of Jon and 

 Tricia Sharp 



National Museum of African Art 



Dogon figure, Mali, nineteenth-twentieth century, wood. 



Gift of Robert and Nancy Nooter 

 Baga mask, Guinea, early twentieth century, wood, pigment, 



and metal. Gift of Margaret H. Demant in memory of 



Steven Demant 

 Mbala maternity figure, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 



nineteenth century, wood and pigment. Museum purchase 

 Alexander "Skunder" Boghossian, Devil Descending, 1970, oil 



and mixed media on canvas. Gift of Basilio F Ciocci in 



memory of Raimondo Ciocci and Elvira Maone Ciocci 

 Gerard Sekoto, Boy and the Candle, 1943, oil on canvas. 



Museum purchase 



Bill Holman Collection, 1951—99, approximately 430 

 holograph scores, including compositions and 

 arrangements for Woody Herman, Stan Kenton, Count 

 Basie, the Metropole Orchestra (The Netherlands), and 

 the WDR Big Band (Germany). Gift of Willis Holman 



Cased set of Colt Army presentation revolvers, Model i860. 

 Gift of Mr. Adalbert Ames III 



Two Quickie ultralight wheelchairs, a 1980 tennis wheel- 

 chair, and a 2000 sports wheelchair. Gift of Marilyn 

 Hamilton 



Goya Foods Collection, archival materials and objects 

 documenting the largest Hispanic-owned food company 

 in America. Gift of Goya Foods, Inc. 



National Museum of the 

 American Indian 



Indian Arts and Crafts Board Collection, more than 8,000 



works of art created by American Indians, 1937—99. 



Transfer from U.S. Department of the Interior. 

 Doug Hyde, Chief Joseph, 1995, bronze, edition 9. Gift of Dr. 



and Mrs. Jerome Harold Kay 

 Dave McGary, Chief Washakie (Shoshone), 1999, painted 



bronze. Gift of the Washakie Family 



National Museum of Natural History 



Robert Walters Collection, 860 modern replicas of Paleo- 

 indian stone projectile points, made by twentieth-century 

 flint knappers. Department of Anthropology. Gift of 

 Margaret Robbins Walters 



Series of plant voucher specimens of plants that have anti- 

 cancer and anti-AIDS properties, collected in Vietnam by 

 T N. Ninh. Department of Botany. Transferred from the 

 National Cancer Institute 



Collection of Dr. Arthur G. Humes, including invertebrate 

 specimens and library. Department of Invertebrate 

 Zoology. Bequest of Dr. Arthur G. Humes 



Orpiment, Twin Creeks mine, Winnemucca, Humboldt 

 County, Nevada. Department of Mineral Sciences. Gift of 

 Newmont Mining Corporation 



Meyer Collection, 2,294 kimberlite and related rock 



specimens from around the world. Department of Mineral 

 Sciences. Gift of Helen Meyer 



Sinhalite, 100.9 carats, faceted, Sri Lanka. Department of 

 Mineral Sciences. Gift of Richard C. Ashley 



National Museum of American History National Portrait Gallery 



Two fragments from the Star-Spangled Banner, 181 3, among 

 the pieces removed from the flag as mementos in the 

 nineteenth century. Museum purchase 



Nineteen Indian Peace Medals representing American 

 presidents, 1793— 1884, silver or bronzed copper. Gift of 

 Betty A. and Lloyd Schermer 



