Oct.  1896. 
Annual  Report  of  the  Director. 
117 
Accessions. 
From  October  i,  1895,  to  October  i,  1896. 
DEPARTMENT  OF  ANTHROPOLOGY. 
(Accessions  are  by  gift  unless  otherwise  designated.) 
ALDIS,  OWEN  F.,  Chicago. 
144  specimens  of  pottery,  copper  implements,  obsidian  implements,  beads, 
etc. — Valley  of  Mexico  and  Oaxaca. 
ARMOUR,  ALLISON  V.,  Chicago. 
2  earthenware  water  bottles — Valley  of  Mexico. 
Indian  potter's  outfit,  (32  specimens);  copies  of  ancient  mural  paintings 
and  drawings,  (89  sheets) — Mexico. 
80  stone  implements,  22  earthen  vases,  24  negatives  of  Yucatan  ruins,  12 
bushels  fragmentary  pottery,  etc. — Mexico. 
65  archeological  specimens:  sun  stone,  diorite  head  of  Tlaloc,  obsidian 
core,  head  of  idol,  pestles,  celts,  fiber  beaters,  stone  blades,  bronze 
bells,  arrowpoints,  earthen  dishes,  silver  beads,  etc. — Valley  of  Mexico. 
AYER,  EDWARD  E.,  Chicago. 
Silver  ornaments,  articles  of  leather,  baskets,  fetiches,  etc.,  (32  specimens) 
— Navajo  Indians. 
Medicine  man's  rattle — Indians  of  California. 
Copper  bracelet — Indians  of  N.  W.  Coast. 
Piece  of  painted  buffalo  skin — Plains  Indians. 
Wristlet — New  Guinea. 
Bronze  figure  of  Isis — Egypt. 
32  specimens  colored  Roman  glass,  (fragments) — Rome. 
1  unbaked  brick — Egypt. 
1  small  carnelian  figure,  pendant — Egypt. 
1  figure  in  green-glaze  ware— Egypt. 
2  statuettes  of  stone — Egypt. 
AYER,  E.  E.,  PORTER,  H.  H.,  BURNHAM,  D.  H.,  and  SINGER,  CHAS. 
2  bronze  bath  tubs,  6  bronze  vases,  1  bronze  table,  1  bronze  lamp — 
Ancient  Rome,  Pompeii,  (Loan). 
AYER,  MRS.  EDWARD  E.,  Chicago. 
160  pieces  blue-glaze  earthenware;  ornaments,  ushabti  figures,  vases, 
etc.— Egypt. 
44  pieces  blue-glaze  earthenware;  ornaments,  etc.— Egypt. 
BLAIR,  W.  F.,  Chicago. 
21  bronze  figures  of  ancient  gods,  etc. — Egypt. 
BURNHAM,  D.  H.,  Chicago.    See  Aver. 
CHALMERS,  W.  J.,  Chicago. 
Quiver,  necklace  and  stone  implement,  used  by  Indians  of  British  Guiana. 
CHERRIE,  G.  K.,  Field  Columbian  Museum. 
2  Indian  baskets — Louisiana. 
FIELD  COLUMBIAN  MUSEUM. 
Collected  by  W.  H.  Holmes: 
30  specimens  of  ancient  mining  implements — Rockland,  Michigan. 
Purchases: 
47  reproductions  of  ancient  Roman  bronzes,  (purchased  from  S.  de 
Angelis  and  Sons,  Naples,  Italy). 
