Jan., 1909. 



Annual Report of the Director. 



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Department of Anthropology the collections from Africa have been 

 thoroughly overhauled and have been entirely installed. They now 

 completely occupy Halls 50, 51, 52, and part of 53. Owing to the ac- 

 quisition of additional material from Egypt, changes have been made 

 necessary in the Egyptian Hall. New cases have been provided and 

 much of the material has been reinstalled. The ancient mortuary 

 boat has also been provided with a suitable case. The lack of floor 

 space has made impossible certain rearrangements and the installation 

 of certain collections which were designed, and as a consequence a 

 certain amount of confusion prevails in the corridors leading to the 

 East Annex. With the addition of the collections brought from the 

 Philippine Islands by Mr. Cole and the probable receipt of additional 

 material from Dr. Jones, it becomes necessary to secure additional 

 space for the exhibition of these collections. During the year several 

 miniature groups have been prepared and placed on exhibition. Two 

 of these represent important ceremonies among the Pawnee, while 

 two depict the summer and winter habitations and indoor and out- 

 door life of the Sauk and Fox Indians of Iowa. 



Two of the cases containing gems in Higinbotham Hall have been 

 relined with silk and the specimens reinstalled. In Hall 3 5 installation 

 of the great dinosaur torso has been completed, the hall having been 

 opened to the public about the first of August. The torso has been 

 mounted so as to stand upon a base 12x30 feet, with a rail surrounding 

 the base at a distance of two feet. Above the base the mount rises to 

 a height of 15 feet. The skeleton is shown from the shoulders back- 

 ward to the middle of the tail. It includes more bones of an individ- 

 ual dinosaur of this size than is known at present to be exhibited in 

 any other museum. The contiguity of the bones as found also makes 

 this skeleton important in giving positive evidence regarding the 

 structure of these animals. A large descriptive label, drawings of a 

 complete skeleton and restored forms, and a photograph showing 

 method of quarrying the bones are exhibited in connection with the 

 skeleton. The courtesy of the Carnegie Museum of Pittsburgh, 

 through Director W. J. Holland, is acknowledged in providing casts of 

 foot and limb bones for use in the mount. In addition to the dinosaur 

 mount five new wall cases 7x12 feet in size have been added to the 

 hall and in these the Jurassic dinosaur material formerly exhibited in 

 other halls has been placed. This material includes vertebras, sacrum, 

 and limb bones of Brachiosaurus, scapulae, vertebrae, foot, limb, and 

 pelvic bones of Morosaurus, and vertebrae, scapula, and femur of Dip- 



