HISTORY OF THE MUSEUM 



Ecuador, 



Bolivia, 



Chile. 



Paraguay. 



Patagonia 

 and Terra 

 del Fuego. 



ered from a burial mound on the Island of Mara jo in the Amazon 

 River. 



The culture of the ancient inhabitants of Ecuador, Bolivia, and 

 Chile is shown in a general collection illustrating the house life, in- 

 dustries, amusements, decorative art, modes of personal adornment, 

 and religious and other ceremonies. 



Of special interest among the specimens are the shrunken human 

 heads — war trophies of the Jivaros Indians of Ecuador — and the 

 mummified body from Chile, which was found in a copper mine at 

 Chuquicamata. A very large collection of ancient pottery has been 

 gathered from Bolivia, and some from Ecuador. 



Paraguay is represented by an interesting collection of feather- 

 work, basketry, ornaments, and weapons. 



Among the collections from the southern extremity of South 

 America are a several pieces of featherwork made by the Canoe 

 (Yokgar) Indians of Terra del Fuego, and a painted "capa" from Punta 

 Arenas, the latter recently given by Dr. Charles H. Townsend. On a 

 Museum expedition in 1899-1900 Mr. Barnum Brown collected material 

 which illustrates, to some extent, the culture and physical character- 

 istics of several rapidly diminishing tribes of Patagonia and Terra 

 del Fuego, from the Onas Yalegans, and especially the Tehuelches, who 

 are noted for their height. 



SIBERIA 



Jesup North 

 Pacific 

 Expedition 

 Collections. 



Extensive collections from the isolated tribes of northeastern 

 Siberia were acquired through the Jesup North Pacific Expedition. 

 The tribes studied by Mr. Waldemar Jochelson and Mr. Waldemar 

 Bogoras, to whom this part of the work was intrusted, include the 

 Chuckchee of the extreme northeastern part of Siberia, the Koryak 

 of the north coast of the Sea of Okhotsk and along the Bering Sea, the 

 Kamchadal of the Peninsula of Kamchatka, the Yukaghir and 

 Tungus along the Arctic Ocean, the Yakut in the Lena River region, 

 and the Tungus along the Sea of Okhotsk, also the Yukaghir and 

 Churantzep. 



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