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cently discovered in Indiana, was purchased entire, also one of the 

 two stones of the Shelburne, Canada, meteorite, which fell August 13. 

 1904. Other purchases of special importance were those of a glaciated 

 mass of copper weighing 372 pounds found near Markesan, Wiscon- 

 sin, and two remarkable crystals of gem quality of pink beryl recently 

 discovered near San Diego, California. The accessions in Anthro- 

 pology have been largely due to purchase, these for the first time in 

 several years exceeding in importance and number those acquired 

 by exploration in the field. This is due to the fact that much of the 

 time of the various members of the staff of the department was oc- 

 cupied in St. Louis at the close of the Exposition in matters of in- 

 terest to the department, at which time a large number of collections 

 were purchased. From the few expeditions which have been in the 

 field, however, important material has been obtained. Thus, through 

 Dr. C. F. Newcombe, notable additions to the Northwest Coast collec- 

 tions have been made, the most important consisting of skulls and 

 skeletons, several inside house posts, and other carvings from that 

 region. From Dr. J. W. Hudson has been acquired a large collection 

 of material from the Lower Klamath, supplementing the collection 

 made by him in the year previous. Of acquisitions through gift, the 

 most important is that from Mr. S. L. James of this city, who pre- 

 sented a large number of earthenware vessels, several smaller objects 

 of Egyptian archaeology, seven mummy coffins, and one large white 

 marble sarcophagus seven feet in length and beautifully carved. 

 This sarcophagus is of a late period and was unquestionably done by 

 Roman or Grecian artisans. Mr. H. D. Higinbotham presented an 

 unusually interesting prepared head from the Jivero Indians of 

 Equador, while Mr. W. E. Prager also presented a small but inter- 

 esting collection of flint and stone implements illustrating the archae- 

 ology of Ireland. Of the collections received through exchange, the 

 most important was a collection of about 100 skulls of the Navajo 

 and other Indians of the Southwest from the Brooklyn Institute of 

 Science and Art; an unusually interesting Haida house post and a 

 large model of Mitla and Monte Alban from the United States Na- 

 tional Museum, and a series of busts from Siberia from the American 

 Museum of Natural History. The collections acquired by purchase 

 are many in number, and include several of great importance. Of 

 these only the most important are here noticed. Considering first 

 the collections acquired at the St. Louis Exposition, may be men- 

 tioned the very large and important collection illustrating the archae- 

 ology of the Province of Calchaqui of the Argentine Republic secured 



