ioo Report of the President 



Clark Wissler. "Harpoons and Darts in the Stefansson Collection." 

 Anthrop. Papers, XIV, pp. 397-443, 44 text figures. 



Clark Wissler. "Structural Basis to the Decoration of Costumes Among 

 the Plains Indians." Anthrop. Papers, XVII, pp. 93-114, 12 text 

 figures. 



Mary Lois Kissell. "Basketry of the Papago and Pima." Anthrop. 

 Papers, XVII, pp. 115-264, 81 text figures. 



A. L. Kroeber. "Zurii Potsherds." Anthrop. Papers, XVIII, pp. 1-37, 

 2 text figures. 



George T. Emmons. "The Whale House of the Chilkat." Anthrop. 

 Papers, XIX, pp. 1-33, pis. i-iv, 6 text figs. 



POPULAR PUBLICATIONS 



"Forty-seventh Annual Report of the Trustees/' 194 pages, 16 plates. 

 "The American Museum Journal," Volume XVI. 



"General Guide to the Exhibition Halls." Guide Leaflet No. 44, 136 

 pages, numerous illustrations. 



"Teachers' Handbook to the Exhibitions and Collections in The Amer- 

 ican Museum of Natural History. Part I, The North American 

 Indian Collections, Their Use in Elementary English, History and 

 Geography and in High School History and Economics," by Ann 

 E. Thomas, 36 pages, numerous illustrations. 



"The Habitat Groups of North American Birds," by Frank M. Chap- 

 man. Guide Leaflet No. 28, Second Edition, 64 pages, numerous 

 illustrations. 



"Guide to the Nature Treasures of New York City," prepared by 

 George N. Pindar, 282 pages, numerous illustrations. 



GENERAL SUMMARY 



In the foregoing reports of general progress and in the suc- 

 ceeding reports of the Treasurer and of the Secretary, the 

 Trustees, the Members and the Scientific and Administrative 

 Staffs are seen to be cooperating harmoniously to build the Mu- 

 seum on ever firmer and broader foundations, and to advance 

 the great objects for which the Museum received its charter in 

 1869, namely, to establish and maintain in the City of New 

 York a Museum and Library of Natural History, to encourage 

 and develop the study of Natural Science, to advance the gen- 



