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Research Associate in Ethnology. Mr. Crawford is making 

 an intensive study of the fiber and weaving technique of ancient 

 Peru. Assistant Curator Charles W. Mead is investigating 

 design development in Peruvian art. Dr. P. E. Goddard, 

 Curator of Ethnology, is engaged in a phonetic and morpho- 

 logical analysis of the Beaver Indian language as a part of a 

 comparative study of Athapascan speech. 



Under the general supervision of Curator Goddard, good 

 progress was made in the development of our exhibits. The 

 F ... . most distinctive work of the year was the comple- 

 tion of the Hopi Indian Group in the hall devoted 

 to the native inhabitants of southwestern United States. 

 This depicts Hopi family life in full-sized setting and in the 

 background the well-known village of Walpi. The artists, 

 Mr. Howard McCormick and Mr. Mahonri M. Young, have 

 been very successful with the composition. Early in the year 

 the same artists began a companion group for the Apache 

 which is now in course of construction. 



In order to install the Minor C. Keith collection it was 

 necessary for Assistant Curator Spinden to make a complete 

 readjustment of the Mexican Hall. The Keith collection now 

 occupies approximately one-third of the hall, the pottery 

 being in upright and table cases and the heavy stone objects 

 on special mountings. Four metal-frame cases for gold and 

 other precious objects were placed in the center of the hall. 

 To make room for these a series of Maya monuments was 

 removed to the entrance hall on the same floor where they 

 receive superior lighting, but enough remain to represent this 

 important civilization. The Mexican collections were arranged 

 so as to make clear the distinctions between the different 

 culture horizons: Archaic, Toltec, Aztec, etc. The recent 

 field collections from Salvador and the excellent material, 

 especially the stone sculptures, received from the Metropolitan 

 Museum were placed on exhibition. 



The exhibit of California Indians which is temporarily in a 

 section of the Southwest Hall was moved to make room for 

 the construction of the Apache group and somewhat rear- 

 ranged to adjust it to the space available. The final arrange- 



