12 Field Museum of Natural History — Reports, Vol. V. 



No. of 

 Record 

 Books 



Total No 

 of entries to 

 Dec. 31, 191S 



Entries 

 During 

 191S 



Total No. 

 of Cards 

 Written 



Department of Anthropology 



38 

 57 



141,302 

 432.791 

 132,711 

 96,830 

 100,290 

 113:303 



10,062 

 20,305 

 3,366 

 1,793 

 3400 

 24,76 



139,516 

 65,750 

 7,705 

 33,565 



204,967 



Department of Botany 

 Department of Geology 

 Department of Zoology 

 The Library . . . . 

 Section of Photography 



21 

 40 

 14 

 17 



ACCESSIONS. — The number of accessions in the Department of 

 Anthropology amounted to 31 during the year, of which 27 have been 

 entered. The majority of these were received through the generosity 

 of friends of the Institution. Mr. Edward E. Ayer presented several 

 gifts of scientific importance. These include four brass guns (so-called 

 lantaka) captured from the Moro on the Philippine Islands and pre- 

 sumably cast by Chinese in the eighteenth century; a collection of 161 

 chipped stone (mostly obsidian) projectile points from Upper Lake, 

 Lake County, California, comprising a large variety of types; 19 mini- 

 ature Pomo baskets from California, of striking technique and variety 

 of form and weave; and an interesting collection of beads and perforated 

 shells discovered in a grave with two skeletons, excavated at Lead- 

 better Landing, Benton Coimty, Tennessee. A group of 20 tear bottles 

 from Egypt, foimd in Venice by Mr. Ayer during his travels, was pur- 

 chased by the Museum. A Roman lamp, unearthed in Transylvania, 

 Hungary, was received as a gift from Mr. William J. Chalmers. The 

 East-Asiatic collections have been enriched by several important gifts. 

 Prominent among these are a complete jade book and a jade seal, both 

 being treasures from imperial possession, presented by Mr. Fritz von 

 Frantzius. The jade book is unique inasmuch as it is complete with 

 the original binding in yellow silk brocade and in perfect condition. It 

 consists of ten rectangular slabs carved from exquisite Khotan nephrite 

 (thirty pounds in weight), and is inscribed with a composition in Chinese 

 and Manchu of the famous Emperor K*ang-hi in 1688; when he canonized 

 his grandmother, the Empress Wen, and conferred upon her a posthu- 

 mous title. The seal, 6^ pounds in weight, a masterpiece of carving, as 

 recorded by the inscription, was bestowed upon the Empress Jui on 

 February 12, 1796, the day when she was officially appointed Empress of 

 China. A description of these memorable objects has been published 

 in the Jtme ntmiber of the Fine Arts Journal. Mr. von Frantzius has 

 likewise donated a very instructive collection of Japanese coins and paper 

 money, numbering about 800 specimens, brought together by order of 

 the Japanese Government, and a fine Chinese gold ring decorated with 

 designs in relief. To Dr. Frank W. Gimsaulus the Museum is in- 



