HISTORY OF THE MUSEUM 



Loubat and H. Saville, who secured scientific data and exhibition material of great 



Expedition, importance. The ruins of Mitla were explored, also those of Xoxo 



1896. an( j Monte Alban in Oaxaca, and Xochicalco in Morelos. The casts 



taken provided the Museum with the splendid series of reproductions, 



made at the expense of the Duke of Loubat, which show the art of 



stone carving and the mythology as illustrated in the sculpture of 



the various cultures. 



Loubat The Duke of Loubat maintained an expedition in Mexico during 



Ex^peduion, lgQ8 and in 190 q_ 19 q 3 under the direction of Mr. M. H. Saville. It 



1900-1903. was d ur i n g this time that the Cruciform Structure Guiaroo, near the 

 ruins of Mitla, a model of which is at the Museum, was explored. 

 Explorations among the Indian tribes of the Sierra Madre Mountains 

 Lumhoitz in Mexico were carried on for almost four years by Dr. Carl Lum- 

 1892-1 90°o nS ' holtz. Material was collected illustrating the life and customs of the 

 $13,960. Cora, Huichol, Tarasco, Tarahumaras, and Tepehuana Indians. A 



full series of ceremonial objects was obtained, together with data 

 showing their meaning. Photographs illustrating the types and 

 ceremonies, together with graphophone records of seventy Indian 

 songs, made the collection complete and of great value. In 1898 

 Dr. Ales Hrdlicka accompanied Dr. Lumhoitz to collect material for 

 comparative study of the past and present tribes of eastern Mexico. 

 He made a series of anthropometrical records and observations on 

 the physical character of several of the Indian tribes. Plaster casts 

 were taken of twenty-six Tarahumaras and Huichols, and a number 

 of human skeletons and skulls secured from burial places and caves. 

 The notes and records obtained on this expedition proved of great 

 value and interest and formed the basis for two Memoirs and various 

 Bulletin articles. These explorations were begun with funds given by 

 Mr. Henry Villard, and later continued through the help of several 

 friends of the Museum, among them Messrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, 

 Austin Corbin, Henry Marquand, and James H. Jones, and Dr. William 

 Pepper. 



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