MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. 



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The H. W. Seton-Karr Collection. 



Through the good offices of Mr. J. T. Bowne of the Young Men's 

 Christian Association Training School, Mr. H. W. Seton-Karr, a dis- 

 tinguished Enghsh archeologist, became interested in the museum and 

 was led by that interest to give a valuable series of paleolithic and 

 neolithic stone implements from India, Egypt, France, and Belgium. 

 The account of this collection will show its value and interest in con- 

 nection with the rich material the museum has in illustration of the 

 Indian Hfe of this valley, and the aboriginal basket and pottery 

 industries of the south and west. The department of archeology has 

 now become one of the most important and complete among our 

 collections. A detailed account of the Seton-Karr gifts has been 

 prepared by Mr. J. T. Bowne and is given herewith: — 



"While the section of archeology has been rich in stone objects 

 from the Connecticut valley and has had a fairly representative col- 

 lection from other parts of North America, the gift of Mr. Seton-Karr 

 from Europe, Asia, and Africa, with the D. L. Harris Scandinavian 

 relics, is especially valuable for the comparative study of the works 

 of primitive man in other parts of the earth. The Seton-Karr collec- 

 tions contain some of the very earliest known works of man dating 

 many thousand years before the dawn of history." 



This summary of the gifts of Mr. Seton-Karr will show in some 

 measure the range and value of the collection: — 



4 neolithic implements from St. Symphorien, Belgium. 



2 fragments of a poHshed axe. 



1 neolithic implement. Veaux, St. Symphorien, Belgium, 



5 neolithic implements. Amiens, Somme, France. 

 15 neolithic implements. Spiennes, Belgium. 



14 neolithic implements. Flenu, Hainault, Belgium. 

 11 perfect arrowheads from the desert of the Fayum oasis, Egypt. 

 1 large knife; sixth dynasty. Thebes, Egypt, 



3 paleohths. Desert above Thebes, Egypt. 



3 small implements. Nerbudda valley. Central India. 

 1 axe. Bellary, Madras, India. 



3 polished neolithic implements. Banda, United Provinces, India. 

 44 paleolithic im.plements. Pennaar valley, Madras, India. 



4 scrapers, Argentina, South America, 



(See plates.) 



