Acquisitions in Anthropology 89 



EXISTING AND EXTINCT RACES OF MEN* 

 Clark Wissler, Curator 



An unusually large number of valuable collections was do- 

 nated during the year, the full list of which will appear under 

 the appropriate head. Among these is a large 



cqmsi £ e j^ co u ec ti on by ]} r# x. Mitchell Prudden from 



prehistoric ruins in the Mesa Verde District, Colorado. Dr. 

 Prudden is noted for his scientific studies in Southwestern 

 anthropology, in the course of which this collection was 

 brought together. It is thus of the greatest scientific value. 

 Also of great importance is a rich series of archaeological speci- 

 mens from Iroquois sites in western New York State donated 

 by Dr. W. L. Hildburgh, an anthropologist of note. This col- 

 lection was made by the donor and is accompanied by the orig- 

 inal catalogue. Mrs. E. H. Harriman presented a remarkable 

 coat of marten skins collected among the natives of Alaska in 

 1899. Our Tibetan collections were enriched by Mrs. William 

 Tod Helmuth's gift of a rare carved Lamanistic belt and apron 

 and Mrs. Florence Magee's presentation of one of the earliest 

 known promissory notes issued in Lhasa. In this connection 

 may be mentioned Mr. Marshall C. Lefferts' fine collection of 

 Japanese armor mounted on effigies ready for exhibition. Our 

 somatological collections have been enriched by gifts of Santa 

 Barbara skulls from Mr. R. G. Hazard, five hundred skin and 

 hair samples from Professor T. W. Todd, and a mummified 

 body from New Mexico by Captain S. M. Strong. Mr. William 

 W. Heaton presented a series of Lake Dweller specimens from 

 Lake Geneva; Mr. Henry Hornbostel a large series of photo- 

 graphic studies in Maya architecture; and an ethnological col- 

 lection from Colombia was presented by the Honorable Luis 

 Febres Cordero, Governor of the 1 Department of North San- 

 tander, Colombia. 



Among the important purchases from the Jesup Fund were 

 a fine wampum belt from the Iroquois Indians, a large collec- 



* Under the Department of Anthropology (see also pages 25, 27, 31 and 198). 



