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poses and the other for exchange. A hfe-size group of six figures has 

 been completed and is ready for exhibition in the new building. This 

 group illustrates the production of cloth by the Bagobo of Mindanao 

 in the various stages of manufacture, from the stripping of the so-called 

 Manila hemp {Musa textilis), through the overtying and dyeing of the 

 threads, to the weaving and polishing of the cloth. It will be an inter- 

 esting addition to the Philippine Hall. The labeling of the African col- 

 lection installed last year was completed during the summer. One case 

 of Hopi head-dresses for ceremonial occasions has been installed in the 

 East Court. Additional accessions of Hupa, Yiu-ok and Karok festival 

 dress and head plumes have necessitated the expansion of the old case 

 containing varied ceremonial paraphernalia into two cases, one of 

 woman's festival attire, and the other of costvmies grouped according 

 to the dances in which they were used. The entire Mexican collection 

 is now being overhauled, grouped according to culture areas and tribes, 

 and permanently installed. Specimens not selected for exhibition are 

 reserved as study collections, and duplicates are listed for possible 

 future exchange. The receipt of the Pershing Collection has neces- 

 sitated a reinstallation of the two cases of Casas Grandes pottery pre- 

 sented last year by Mr. Homer E. Sargent, in order to permit a com- 

 bination of the two as an integral unit. In addition have been installed 

 a case of archaeological material from the Totonac and Huaxtec region 

 of Vera Cruz, containing the well-sculptured stone yokes typical of this 

 region, a four-foot case containing the best large stone sculptures from 

 the Valley of Mexico from various collections, and two cases illustrating 

 the ethnology of the Tarahumare, Tepehuane, and Tarascan, principally 

 from the Limiholtz Collection. All cases are completely labeled as 

 installed. Jewelry collected by G. A. Dorsey in British India has been 

 installed in a waU-case of the Gem Room. The Gunsaulus collection of 

 Japanese sword-guards and sword-fittings, described in the last annual 

 report, has been installed in two standard cases, temporarily placed in 

 Alcove 122 of the North Court. One of the cases contains 468 objects, 

 the other 373, arranged on narrow shelves in such a way that each piece 

 can be plainly viewed and studied from both sides. This is important, 

 as the majority of sword-guards are decorated or inscribed both on the 

 obverse and reverse. For this reason, each sword-guard had to be 

 supplied with two labels, one explaining the obverse, the other the 

 reverse. There is reason to believe that this is the first attempt in any 

 museimi to display sword-guards in a rational and intelHgent manner. 

 In general, a chronological principle of arrangement has been adopted, 

 but within the various periods groups of art-schools and subjects are 

 singled out, so that this material becomes a fit object-lesson for the 



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