SIXTIETH ANNUAL REPORT 



ILLUSTRATIONS 



During the year E. G. Cassedy, illustrator, continued the prepara- 

 tion of illustrations, maps, and drawings for the publications of the 

 Bureau and for those of other branches of the Institution. 



COLLECTIONS 



Collections transferred by the Bureau of American Ethnology to 

 the department of anthropology. United States National Museum, 

 during the fiscal year were as follows : 



Accession 

 number 



162682. Archeological materials collected at Tres Zapotes, Tuxtla District, south- 

 ern Veracruz, Mexico, during the winters of 1938-39 and 1939-40 by 

 the National Geographic Society-Smithsonian Institution expedition 

 under M. W. Stirling. (1,359 specimens.) 



163712. 14 ethnological specimens originally obtained by C. Spencer from the 

 Payamino Indians, eastern Ecuador, and 3 archeological specimens 

 from excavations along the Napo River in the vicinity of Eden, Ecuador. 

 (17 specimens.) 



165123. Stone ax blade and 5 bark-cloth dance masks collected by Dr. Irving 

 Goldman from the Kobeua (Cubeo) Indians, southeastern Colombia. 

 (6 specimens.) 



MISCELLANEOUS 



m During the course of the year information was furnished by mem- 

 bers of the Bureau staff in reply to numerous inquiries concerning 

 the North American Indians, both past and present, and the Mexican 

 peoples of the prehistoric and early historic periods. Various speci- 

 mens sent to the Bureau were identified and data on them furnished 

 for their owners. 



Personnel. — Indefinite furloughs for military service were granted 

 to Dr. Philip Drucker and Walter B. Greenwood on December 31, 



1942, and January 15, 1943, respectively; Miss Nancy A. Link was 

 appointed editorial clerk in connection with the preparation of the 

 Handbook of South American Indians on August 15, 1942, by trans- 

 fer from the Bureau, and resigned on January 23, 1943 ; Mrs. Eloise 

 B. Edelen was appointed editorial assistant on August 24, 1942, on 

 the Bureau roll; John E. Anglim was appointed senior illustrator 

 for the Handbook on August 12, 1942, and resigned on April 21, 



1943, to be inducted into the Army; Mrs. Verne E. Samson was 

 appointed editorial clerk for the Handbook on December 22, 1942; 

 Mrs. Kuth S. Abramson resigned as assistant clerk-stenographer on 

 May 28, 1943. 



Eespectfully submitted. 



M. W. Stirling, Chief. 

 Dr. C. G. Abbot, 



Secretary.^ Smithsonian Institution. 



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