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amoiint to two hundred, while prehistoric Hopi is adequately illustrated 

 by more than three hundred objects. Representative collections have 

 been obtained from the Huron, Blackfoot, Iroquois, Pawnee, and 

 Sioux, while collections in smaller ntmibers come from Central and 

 Southern groups. The most complete collections from North America 

 relate to the Northwest Coast, those from the Haida nimibering one 

 hundred and twenty, Kwakiutl one himdred, Nootka forty-five, Chi- 

 nook sixty. Other groups are also represented. The California material, 

 while small in number, contains many interesting specimens, two of 

 w^hich gathered by Dr. Hudson are of an exceedingly primitive type. 

 Oceanica (South Seas) is particularly well illustrated by six hundred and 

 forty skulls, many of which exhibit instructive examples of carving and 

 face moulding; while small types of skull deformation, trepanning, etc., 

 are foimd; the collection also contains mortuary figures provided with 

 human heads and other parts of the skeleton. Malaysia and China yield 

 one himdred and twenty-five objects gathered in connection with the 

 Musetim's ethnological expeditions. Owing to the scarcity of skeletal 

 material from these regions in our musetims the specimens are of especial 

 interest. The bulk of the material relative to Negroes and Whites 

 consists of complete skeletons, secured in the Middle West and macer- 

 ated at the Museum. Some one hundred and seventy-five individuals 

 are represented in this section. Many minor collections covering 

 Egypt, ancient Sardinia, and parts of Africa and Europe, are also in- 

 cluded in the lists. Since the organization of the section of Physical 

 Anthropology, considerable attention has been paid to measurements 

 on the living, and charts representing more than four thousand in- 

 dividuals are now on file. Of this number the greater part refers to the 

 pagan tribes of the Philippines. Various rearrangements were made 

 in the course of the year. In the Eg^^ptian Hall three hanging wall cases 

 were emptied of their contents consisting of mtmimies of ha^ks, cats, 

 alligators, and other small animals; Ushebti figures, basketry and writ- 

 ing materials, for future re-installation in standard cases. Two cases of 

 small working groups and wooden burial figures were also vacated, 

 studied with reference to labels, and packed for transportation in a 

 standard case. One case of vases and mortuary jars, one of boxes and 

 biers, and another of canopies or viscera jars, were dismantled, the 

 contents studied and packed in a standard case. In the East Court, 

 three cases of Mexican, Venezuela and British Guiana ethnology were 

 stripped for immediate installation, following the elimination of study 

 and duplicate material. One Peabody case containing archaeological 

 collections from Nicaragua, Bahama and Santo Domingo was released 

 for storage, the material being properly divided for re-instaUation. The 



