ANTHROPOLOGY 



THE Department of Anthropology was formed in 1873. It re- 

 ceived a fresh impetus through the appointment of Professor 

 F. W. Putnam as Curator in 1895. Its collections increased 

 so rapidly — by purchase and donation alike — that until the west wing- 

 was ready, the question of exhibition and storage room was a most 

 serious problem. 



Miscellaneous archaeological material, especially Indian implements, 

 had been received from the very beginning of the Museum's history, 

 but the first accession of importance was a collection of rare imple- B 



x L Porto Rican 



ments made by the aborigines of Porto Rico, purchased and presented Collection, 



$805 



by the Trustees in 1873. The following year the E. H. Davis Archseo- " Davjs 

 logical Collection, containing many typical and rare forms of pre- Collection, 



$ 1 800 



historic workmanship from the mounds of Ohio, was purchased. 



The collection of rare antiquities gathered by Hon. E. G. Squier Sc i uier 



Collection, 



during his several years' search in Central and South America was $2,000. 

 acquired by purchase in 1875. 



In 1878 over 200 pieces of Missouri mound pottery were received Mar <i uand 



r r J Collection. 



as a gift from Mr. H. G. Marquand; a very important collection con- 

 taining 3,000 implements used by the prehistoric men of the valley 

 of the Somme, France, was purchased and presented by the President, smart 

 Mr. R. L. Stuart; and by purchase the Museum acquired the Bement 



> J r -1 Bement 



Collection illustrating the Stone Age of Denmark. collection, 



The next large collection acquired was that gathered by Colonel $45 °" 



Charles Jones among the Indians of the southern United States. It Jones 



represented their art, religion, and industries. Two thirds of this $7i5 oo. 



collection was purchased by the Museum in 1877, the remainder being 



presented by Mr. Robert L. Stuart in 1881. 



All of these were the collections which comprised the Department 



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