HISTORY OF THE MUSEUM 



Bismarck 

 Archipelago. 



Schroeder 

 Collection. 



New 



Hebrides 

 and New 

 Caledonia. 



Engler 

 Collection. 



Interesting ethnological material from various islands in the 

 Bismarck Archipelago, brought together by Professor Eugene Schroeder 

 during many years as a resident there, was purchased in 1908 with 

 funds provided by Mrs. Morris K. Jesup. Among the most valuable 

 and striking of objects in the collection are several idols from a Ghost 

 House; an ancient death drum, and several ceremonial masks. The 

 collection also contains implements of war and the chase, musical 

 instruments; personal ornaments, clothing, and household utensils. 



A fairly representative collection from the Islands of New Hebrides 

 and New Caledonia was received in the Engler Collection, presented 

 by Mrs. Morris K. Jesup in 1908. It contains something over 100 

 specimens, such as bows, arrows for war and hunting, spears of many 

 forms, decorated lances, clubs, model of a boat, paddles, baskets, 

 cloth, pottery, dishes, ornaments, etc. 



PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY 



A series of expeditions devoted to the physical anthropology of 

 southwestern United States and northern Mexico was carried on for 

 the Museum by Dr. A. Hrdlicka, the means for which were generously 

 furnished by Mr. Frederick E. Hyde, Jr. The main object was the 

 acquisition of knowledge of the physical features of the present as 

 well as the ancient Indian populations over the territory covered 

 before the advent of the whites by the Cliff Dwellers, Pueblos, and 

 branches of the Nahuas. The territoiy covered extends uninter- 

 ruptedly from southern Utah and Colorado in the United States to 

 the State of Morelos in Mexico. The material obtained on the four 

 expeditions comprises measurements of and observations on nearly 

 3,000 individuals, more than 1,500 photographs, about 300 skulls 

 and skeletons, 120 facial casts, and about 3,000 ethnological and 

 archaeological specimens. 



The Museum now has a collection of types from the North Pacific 

 Coast, California, Dakota, Smith Sound, New York, Mexico, the 

 Southwest, Siberia, and Japan. 



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