ANTHROPOLOGY 



K. Jesup in 1899-1901. A large number of archaeological specimens 

 from ancient tombs in Santa Marta, and interesting material from the 

 Goajira Indians were in the collection made by Dr. Nicholas. 



The entire collection made by Mr. Hermann Schmidt and Mr. Schmidt - 



Weiss First 



Louis Weiss among the Tukano Indians along the Rio Caiary-Uaupes, collection, 

 the most important tributary of the Rio Negro, was secured for the $3 ' 000 - 

 Museum by Mr. Jesup in 1907. The collection contains five hundred 

 ethnological specimens, an extensive vocabulary of the languages, 

 drawings of the painted figures found on rocks, and a number of folk 

 tales. In the collection are about 300 pieces of feather work, such 

 as head dresses, waistbands, ornaments for the legs and arms, and 

 plumes to be carried in the hand. There are also spears, shields, 

 bows, arrows, blow -guns with their poisoned arrows, fish traps of 

 basketry, and a variety of baskets and pottery vessels, together with 

 various musical instruments. 



The representation of the modern tribes of Colombia was very 

 recently increased by the purchase of the second Schmidt- Weiss col- Schmidt- 



Weiss 



lection. It was gathered among the Indians of the Isana River region, second 

 and numbers almost 300 pieces. Collection. 



The archaeological series was greatly enlarged in 1908 by an ex- 

 change with the Carnegie Museum. The accessions from Colombia 

 also include 150 pieces of curious black ware, gathered by Mr. Frederick 

 F. Sharpless from graves on ancient burial sites in the Cauca Valley, 

 and a few pieces of the same type given by Dr. Francis C. Nicholas. 



From ancient Peru, which comprised what is now the Republic of Ex P edition 



^ r to Peru, 



Peru and the greater part of Ecuador, Bolivia, and Chile, has been 1892-1903. 

 gathered a wonderful collection which illustrates the highest stage of 

 civilization attained in prehistoric time in South America. The col- 

 lection is the result of eleven years' field work by Dr. Adolph F. Bande- 

 lier. The expedition was begun in 1892 under the patronage of 

 Mr. Henry Villard, and continued since 1894 by the Museum. The 

 pottery obtained from ancient graves along the coast and interior of 

 Peru, Bolivia, and Chile fills several cases, while several more are 

 filled by a general collection showing the industries, decorative art, 



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