HISTORY OF THE MUSEUM 



Joint Ex- 

 pedition of 

 Peabody 

 Museum and 

 American 

 Museum of 

 Natural 

 History, 

 1894. 



HONDURAS 



An expedition to Honduras was made in cooperation with the 

 Peabody Museum of Cambridge, the Peabody Museum having a con- 

 cession from the government of Honduras permitting archaeological 

 researches. The work, which was in charge of Mr. George Byron 

 Gordon, was carried on at the prehistoric ruins of Copan, and as its 

 portion of the finds the Museum received a number of interesting 

 sculptures in stone, besides a collection of small objects in pottery 

 and stone. A series of molds were taken of the sculptures and hiero- 

 glyphs of the great stairway of the temple in Copan, and facsimiles 

 made for this Museum through funds provided by the Duke of Loubat. 

 The Museum's share of the expedition's expense was subscribed for 

 by the Duke of Loubat and Messrs. William C. Whitney and Morris K. 

 Jesup. 



OTHER COUNTRIES 



Through the interest and generous support of the patrons of the 

 Department of Anthropology, the Museum has acquired important 

 collections from South America, northeastern Siberia, China, Africa, 

 the Andaman Islands, the Philippine Islands, and the islands of the 

 Pacific Ocean. 



Expedition 

 to Colombia, 

 1899-1901. 



SOUTH AMERICA 



The collections from South America are particularly rich in material 

 illustrating the culture of the prehistoric peoples of Peru and Bolivia. 

 The recent acquisition of a collection from the Indians of the Amazon 

 River region greatly increased our representation of the modern 

 tribes, so that now our collections illustrate, to some degree, at least, 

 South American ethnology from Colombia to Terra del Fuego. 



The collections from Colombia include a general exhibition series 

 arranged to show the life and industries, and a large collection of 

 objects in pottery, stone, and shell, a great part of which was collected 

 by Dr. Francis C. Nicholas on an expedition maintained by Mr. Morris 



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