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tion. It is not merely difficult to find a good place for speci- 

 mens but very difficult to find any. 



Among Special Exhibits made during the year were: one 

 showing the Art Work of the New York High Schools and one 

 by the Board of Water Supply, New York City, 

 F P hVt °^ ma P s > pl ans an d models of the Catskill Aque- 



duct and the construction. This attracted much 

 attention, and the large relief map of the region occupied by 

 the Catskill reservoir and of the route of the Aqueduct has 

 been deposited in the Museum. 



An exhibit of the large series of ivory carvings secured by 

 the Congo expedition has been placed temporarily in the Gem 

 Hall, and the food exhibit in the Hall of Forestry. 



Mr. Knight has added three panels to the series in the 

 Quaternary Hall, including one of the Mastodon and Royal 

 Bison ; Mr. Taylor has completed the side panels for the North 

 Pacific Hall ; Miss Margaret Henderson Elliot has presented a 

 bronze bust of her father, Dr. Daniel Giraud Elliot, and Mr. 

 Stanley G. Middleton has presented a portrait of Professor 

 A. S. Bickmore. 



The Art Collection of the Museum, including under this 

 head the various busts, portraits, paintings and drawings, is 

 quite large and includes some important and interesting pieces, 

 and when opportunity permits will be duly catalogued and de- 

 scribed. 



An exhibit of about 200 primitive costumes was arranged by 

 Mr. M. D. C. Crawford in the Philippine Hall. These cos- 

 tumes were taken from our storage and exhibition collections. 



At the Sixth National Textile Exhibit, at the Grand Central 

 Palace, the Museum had on exhibition prehistoric Peruvian 

 cloths and garments, and clothing of modern primitive peoples. 

 The specimens selected for this purpose have been favorites 

 with professional designers who visit the Museum's collections 

 for inspiration. The influence which these collections have 

 exerted on textile art was clearly shown by the exposition. 



The intense, long-continued cold early in the year wrought 

 havoc among the Habitat Groups, in which water is repre- 

 sented by celluloid, and five were seriously damaged, including 



