ANTHROPOLOGY 



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

 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 territory 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. 



An extensive series of typical portrait busts has now been as- 

 sembled, more than 500 molds having been taken from the various 

 living types. They represent typical individuals of the North American 

 tribes, including the Eskimo of the Arctic regions, also the Ainu, the 

 Chinese, the Japanese, and several Siberian tribes. Molds from the 

 Philippine, African, and South American native tribes who were at 

 the St. Louis Exposition were added in 1904. 



Several thousand plaster casts of the palates of feeble-minded 

 and normal children and adults were presented by Dr. Walter Chan- 

 ning in 1908. They are of great value in the study of racial characters. 



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