﻿36 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  President 
  

  

  general 
  plan 
  of 
  development 
  contemplates 
  a 
  brief 
  type 
  exhibit 
  

   for 
  each 
  of 
  the 
  ten 
  main 
  culture 
  areas 
  in 
  North 
  America. 
  

   As 
  these 
  exhibits 
  are 
  designed 
  primarily 
  for 
  the 
  general 
  

   visitor, 
  the 
  subject 
  is 
  not 
  treated 
  exhaustively. 
  A 
  beginning 
  

   in 
  this 
  method 
  of 
  installation 
  was 
  made 
  last 
  year 
  in 
  the 
  Eskimo 
  

   exhibit 
  and 
  in 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  Indians 
  of 
  the 
  Plains. 
  To 
  the 
  latter 
  

   has 
  been 
  added 
  this 
  year 
  a 
  section 
  on 
  food 
  and 
  hunting. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Eskimo 
  Hall, 
  three 
  of 
  the 
  mural 
  paintings, 
  provided 
  

   through 
  the 
  generosity 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Arthur 
  Curtiss 
  James 
  and 
  

   executed 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Frederick 
  W. 
  Stokes, 
  have 
  been 
  completed 
  

   and 
  put 
  in 
  place. 
  The 
  introduction 
  of 
  these 
  paintings 
  marks 
  

   a 
  new 
  departure 
  in 
  the 
  treatment 
  of 
  the 
  Museum's 
  exhibition 
  

   halls 
  and 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  nature 
  of 
  an 
  experiment. 
  

  

  The 
  installation 
  of 
  the 
  North 
  American 
  culture 
  type 
  exhibit 
  

   for 
  the 
  Indians 
  of 
  California 
  has 
  been 
  completed 
  and 
  the 
  

   arrangement 
  of 
  the 
  California 
  basketry 
  is 
  nearly 
  finished. 
  

  

  Several 
  collections 
  from 
  the 
  Northwest 
  Coast 
  have 
  been 
  

   transferred 
  to 
  the 
  Hall 
  of 
  North 
  American 
  Archaeology, 
  where 
  

   they 
  more 
  properly 
  belong. 
  The 
  final 
  plan 
  of 
  this 
  hall 
  is 
  to 
  

   present 
  in 
  as 
  concise 
  a 
  form 
  as 
  possible 
  the 
  general 
  archaeology 
  

   of 
  North 
  America 
  with 
  the 
  exception 
  of 
  Mexico 
  and 
  the 
  

   Southwest. 
  

  

  The 
  cataloguing 
  and 
  classifying 
  of 
  the 
  four 
  large 
  ethno- 
  

   logical 
  collections 
  from 
  the 
  Congo, 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  presented 
  

   to 
  the 
  Museum 
  by 
  His 
  Majesty 
  King 
  Leopold 
  of 
  Belgium, 
  

   have 
  been 
  completed 
  and 
  a 
  general 
  plan 
  for 
  the 
  installation 
  of 
  

   this 
  rich 
  material 
  has 
  been 
  formulated. 
  

  

  In 
  connection 
  with 
  the 
  coming 
  Hudson-Fulton 
  Celebration, 
  

   a 
  special 
  exhibit 
  illustrating 
  local 
  archaeology 
  and 
  the 
  culture 
  

   of 
  the 
  Indians 
  formerly 
  living 
  in 
  Manhattan 
  and 
  vicinity 
  is 
  

   being 
  prepared. 
  This 
  work 
  is 
  being 
  done 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Alanson 
  

   Skinner 
  under 
  the 
  supervision 
  of 
  Dr. 
  Wissler. 
  

  

  The 
  proper 
  accessioning 
  and 
  cataloguing 
  of 
  the 
  quantity 
  of 
  

   material 
  in 
  this 
  department 
  is 
  no 
  small 
  task, 
  but 
  this 
  important 
  

   work 
  has 
  been 
  pushed 
  forward 
  as 
  rapidly 
  as 
  circumstances 
  

   permitted. 
  The 
  card 
  catalogue 
  is 
  now 
  practically 
  complete 
  

   for 
  the 
  Philippine 
  Islands, 
  the 
  Islands 
  of 
  the 
  Pacific 
  Ocean, 
  

   and 
  for 
  North 
  American 
  ethnology. 
  In 
  this 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  

   catalogue 
  there 
  are 
  about 
  forty 
  thousand 
  cards. 
  

  

  