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the vacancy thus created here. Dr. Lowie gave regular uni- 

 versity class instruction in anthropology at the University of 

 California, while Professor Kroeber took up the reinstalla- 

 tion of our Philippine Island Hall, the preparation of labels 

 for the same, and the writing of a visitors' handbook. As 

 the groundwork for this, he made a thorough study of the 

 Philippine problem, resulting in some new points of view 

 regarding the origins of old Philippine culture. In cooperation 

 with Assistant Curator L. R. Sullivan, he made a special study 

 of the somatic types constituting the native Philippine popula- 

 tion. This investigation resulted in a striking exhibit of Fili- 

 pino types by the use of casts, busts and diagrams, now on 

 view in the Philippine Hall. Professor Kroeber's reinstalla- 

 tion of the exhibits for the several cultural groups of these 

 islands was completed last July. The details of this work were 

 delegated to Mr. William A. Sabine. We hear from the Uni- 

 versity of California that in his lectures and class instruction 

 Dr. Lowie rendered a real service to that institution, and in 

 view of the fact that Professor Kroeber completed a very im- 

 portant and much-needed unit of work in this institution, I 

 beg to report that this, our first experiment in curatorial ex- 

 change, has been an unqualified success, and to suggest that 

 similar arrangements be entered into with other institutions. 



In hall development, the most momentous accomplishment 



was the completion of the side panels for the illustrative mural 



series depicting the culture of the Indian tribes 



Development in Southern Alaska and on the Coast of British 

 of Halls . 



Columbia. There are sixteen panels, the follow- 

 ing captions for which clearly indicate the scope and sig- 

 nificance of the subjects treated: Securing Whales for Food, 

 Nootka; Salmon Fishing, Kwakiutl; Gathering Bark for 

 Food, Bella Coola; Preparing Fish Oil, Tsimshian; Build- 

 ing a Canoe, Haida ; Weaving a Blanket, Tlingit ; Welcoming 

 the Salmon, Salish; Preparing Clams, Salish; Manual Arts, 

 Tlingit ; An Impersonation, Tlingit ; Dancing to Cure the Sick, 

 Tlingit; House Building Ceremony, Haida; Dog-eating Cere- 

 mony, Tsimshian; Welcoming Visitors, Bella Coola; Potlatch 

 Ceremony, Kwakiutl; a Betrothal, Nootka. Before taking up 



