HISTORY OF THE MUSEUM 



Garces 



Collection, 



$4,072. 



Gaffron 



Collection, 



$3,200. 



Brazil. 



Ecuador, 



Bolivia, 



Chile. 



Paraguay. 



amusements — especially musical instruments — and burial customs. 

 There are many skulls of the ancient Peruvians showing various forms 

 of trepanation, artificial deformation, the effects of injuries and 

 pathological conditions, and normal forms. 



From prehistoric sites on the Islands of Lake Titicaca, in Peru, and 

 at Copacabana, Bolivia, was gathered the valuable Garces Collection, 

 which was received in 1896 as a gift from Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan. 

 The collection numbered about 500 pieces, and contained objects 

 in gold, silver, copper, and bronze, pottery vessels, wooden vases, 

 and garments. 



The importance of the Peruvian exhibit was greatly increased 

 by the acquisition in 1901 of the Gaffron archaeological collection, the 

 gift of Mr. Morris K. Jesup. It is especially rich in textile fabrics, 

 in feather work, ornaments of silver and gold, vessels of beaten silver, 

 and pottery. 



Brazil, both ancient and modern, is illustrated in the accessions 

 from that country. Three of the present-day Indian tribes — the 

 Tukano, the Karaja, and the Mundruchu, are represented. 



The culture of the ancient inhabitants of Ecuador, Bolivia, and 

 Chile is shown in a general collection illustrating the home life, in- 

 dustries, amusements, decorative art, modes of personal adornment, 

 and religious and other ceremonies. 



Of special interest among the specimens are the shrunken human 

 heads — war trophies of the Jivaros Indians of Ecuador — and the 

 mummified body from Chile, which was found in a copper mine at 

 Chuquicamata. A very large collection of ancient pottery has been 

 gathered from Bolivia, and some from Ecuador. 



Paraguay is represented by an interesting collection of feather 

 work, basketiy, ornaments, and weapons. 



Among the collections from the southern extremity of South 

 America are several pieces of feather work made by the Canoe 

 (Yakgan) Indians of Terra del Fuego, and a painted "capa" from Punta 

 Arenas, the latter recently given by Dr. Charles H. Townsend. On a 

 Museum expedition in 1899-1900 Mr. Barnum Brown collected material 



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