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DEPARTMENTAL CATALOGUING, INVENTORYING, AND LABELING. During thc CUT- 



rent year the work of cataloguing in the Department of Anthropology 

 has been carried on as usual, and the total number of catalogue cards 

 prepared amounts to 5,441. These cards are distributed over the various 

 divisions as follows: China, India and Philippines 47; Melanesian 

 Ethnology 984; North American Ethnology 594; Mexican and South 

 American Archaeology 598; and Physical Anthropology 3,218. All these 

 cards have been entered in the inventory books of the Department, 

 which now nimiber 38. The number of annual accessions amoimts to 

 16, of these 11 have been entered. The total number of catalogue cards 

 entered from the opening of the first volimie amounts to 153,111. The 

 photographer made 63 negatives and supplied 503 prints to the De- 

 partment. There were added to the label file 224 new label cards. A 

 total number of 2,309 labels was turned out by the printer for use in the 

 exhibition cases of the Department. These labels are distributed as 

 follows: China and Philippines 20; Melanesian Ethnology 129; and 

 Mexican and South American Archaeology 2,160. The printer further 

 supplied the Department with 2,050 catalogue cards and 5,600 shipping 

 labels. The cataloguing of the collections seciured tmder the auspices of 

 the Joseph N, Field Expedition is now completed. All together 11,390 

 cards are written on this collection. General case-labels have been 

 installed in all cases of Halls 2 and 3 and those in the East Coiut. 

 The condensation and reinstallation of the Philippine collections, 

 carried on during 191 7, made necessary the relabeling of a large portion 

 of the exhibits. This was completed early in the spring by the labeling 

 of sixteen cases covering the Bukidnon tribes of Northern Mindanao and 

 the Bagobo of Davao Gulf. Labels have been written for thirty-five 

 specimens in the case of Egyptian bronzes. The general case labels for 

 six cases of Egyptian archaeology installed last year have been properly 

 placed. The Ushebti figures have been classified, and the translations 

 of their inscriptions made by Dr. Allen will be utilized for the prepara- 

 tion of the labels. The Canopic jars have also been carefully studied, 

 classified, and inscriptions read. Under an agreement with the Depart- 

 ment of Egyptology at the University of Chicago the Museum received 

 for some time the services of Dr. Allen for the translation of Egyptian 

 inscriptions in exchange for Egyptian material of the University to 

 be treated or repaired by the Department's preparator. Dr. Allen's 

 notes will form a useful foundation for the labels to be prepared 

 for this section. Since the first of June, the Assistant Curator 

 of Mexican and South American Archaeology has concerned himself 

 almost entirely with the Zavaleta collection of Calchaqui archaeology. 

 This collection consisted of 4,565 ntimbers; two hundred and 



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