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Mountain Apache, securing new data on their social organiza- 

 tion ; Associate Curator Lowie continued his study of the Hopi 

 in Arizona; Curator Wissler worked among the Pawnee and 

 Dr. Gilbert L. Wilson among the Hidatsa. 



All the above investigations have developed new problems 

 and discoveries, offering opportunities of the most enticing kind. 

 It is hoped that sufficient support may be given our staff to fol- 

 low up these advantages, rather than to leave them to others. 



In the department's own laboratories important work is 



under way. The appointment of Mr. Louis R. Sullivan as 



assistant in somatology has led to the equipment 



Research in f a S p ec } a i laboratory. In addition to the routine 

 the Museum \ . J . 



work involved in such construction, Mr. Sullivan 



began the investigation of the human hair as a classificatory 

 character and also a study of certain modifications in the 

 skeleton due to function. Preliminary reports upon these sub- 

 jects will be published in the near future. 



Professor J. H. McGregor, research associate in somatology, 

 is making a special study of Neanderthal man, in connection 

 with which a number of important restorations are under con- 

 struction. 



Mr. M. D. C. Crawford, the Research Associate in Textiles, 

 completed his studies of Peruvian fabrics, the final section of 

 which has just been published. Assistant Curator Mead has 

 issued the results of his detailed analysis of Peruvian art. 

 Curator Goddard is engaged in genetic studies upon Athapas- 

 can phonetics and languages, while Curators Wissler and Lowie 

 have made the final chronological analysis of Plains Indian 

 societies based upon the systematic field survey undertaken 

 several years ago. 



A number of local students are engaged upon problems of 

 their own, but more or less under the direction of our staff. 

 Among these, mention may be made of Miss Helen H. Rob- 

 erts's studies of native Indian music and Dr. H. K. Haeberlin's 

 exhaustive study of the Salish collections. It is gratifying to 

 be able to report such use of our facilities, and it seems desir- 

 able that further provision be made for the proper accommo- 



