﻿38 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  President. 
  

  

  interest 
  and 
  importance 
  — 
  was 
  presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Morris 
  K. 
  

   Jesup. 
  

  

  By 
  gift 
  also 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Jesup 
  the 
  department 
  received 
  a 
  re- 
  

   markably 
  fine 
  collection 
  of 
  feather-work 
  from 
  Rio 
  Negro 
  in 
  

   South 
  America. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  through 
  the 
  generosity 
  of 
  Messrs. 
  Percy 
  R. 
  Pyne, 
  

   Cleveland 
  H. 
  Dodge 
  and 
  Arthur 
  Curtiss 
  James 
  that 
  the 
  

   Museum 
  has 
  secured 
  a 
  large 
  ethnological 
  collection 
  made 
  by 
  

   Mr. 
  Richard 
  Douglas 
  in 
  Barotseland, 
  South 
  Africa. 
  This 
  col- 
  

   lection 
  consists 
  of 
  about 
  5,000 
  specimens 
  illustrating 
  the 
  bas- 
  

   ketry, 
  weaving, 
  pottery, 
  musical 
  instruments, 
  weapons, 
  etc., 
  

   of 
  the 
  natives. 
  This 
  gift 
  is 
  especially 
  acceptable, 
  as 
  our 
  

   collections 
  heretofore 
  have 
  been 
  deficient 
  in 
  African 
  material. 
  

  

  Under 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Harlan 
  I. 
  Smith, 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  

   changes 
  were 
  made 
  in 
  the 
  archaeological 
  collections 
  and 
  sev- 
  

   eral 
  loan 
  exhibits 
  were 
  prepared 
  for 
  use 
  in 
  the 
  children's 
  rooms 
  

   of 
  the 
  public 
  libraries. 
  

  

  In 
  June 
  Miss 
  M. 
  L. 
  Kissel 
  was 
  appointed 
  to 
  take 
  up 
  the 
  

   investigation 
  and 
  care 
  of 
  the 
  basketry 
  collection 
  now 
  in 
  the 
  

   Museum. 
  She 
  has 
  examined 
  and 
  determined 
  the 
  technique 
  of 
  

   a 
  large 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  collection 
  and, 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  this 
  work, 
  

   has 
  visited 
  museums 
  in 
  Chicago, 
  Washington 
  and 
  Philadelphia. 
  

   The 
  results 
  of 
  her 
  investigations 
  will 
  be 
  published 
  later. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  absence 
  of 
  the 
  Curator 
  much 
  of 
  the 
  administra- 
  

   tive 
  work 
  has 
  devolved 
  upon 
  Mr. 
  Charles 
  W. 
  Mead. 
  In 
  this 
  

   capacity 
  he 
  has 
  rendered 
  efficient 
  service 
  and 
  has 
  prepared 
  

   several 
  articles 
  for 
  the 
  Museum 
  Journal. 
  

  

  Several 
  lines 
  of 
  field 
  work 
  were 
  started 
  during 
  the 
  summer. 
  

   From 
  June 
  to 
  August 
  Mr. 
  Smith 
  explored 
  the 
  southern 
  part 
  

   of 
  Wyoming, 
  which, 
  from 
  an 
  archaeological 
  point 
  of 
  view, 
  is 
  an 
  

   entirely 
  new 
  field. 
  Mr. 
  Smith 
  secured 
  specimens 
  and 
  impor- 
  

   tant 
  data 
  which 
  will 
  form 
  the 
  basis 
  of 
  a 
  paper 
  on 
  the 
  archae- 
  

   ology 
  of 
  Wyoming. 
  Dr. 
  R. 
  H. 
  Lowie 
  spent 
  the 
  months 
  of 
  

   July 
  to 
  October 
  among 
  the 
  Northern 
  Plains 
  Indians. 
  He 
  

   visited 
  the 
  Blackfoot 
  Reservation 
  at 
  Gleichen, 
  Alberta, 
  the 
  

   " 
  Stoney 
  " 
  Assiniboine 
  at 
  Morley, 
  the 
  Cree 
  Reservation 
  at 
  

   Hobbema 
  and 
  the 
  Crow 
  Reservation 
  in 
  Montana. 
  Dr. 
  Lowie 
  

   procured 
  many 
  specimens 
  and 
  much 
  data 
  on 
  the 
  social 
  and 
  

  

  