ANTHROPOLOGY 
THE Department of Anthropology was formed in 1873. It re- 
ceived a fresh impetus through the appointment of Professor 
F. W. Putnam as Curator in 1895. Its collections increased 
so rapidly— by purchase and donation alike— that until the west wing 
was ready, the question of exhibition and storage room was a most 
serious problem. 
Miscellaneous archseological material, especially Indian implements, 
had been received from the very beginning of the Museum's history, 
but the first accession of importance was a collection of rare imple- 
ments made by the aborigines of Porto Rico, purchased and presented Collection, 
by the Trustees in 1873. The following year the E. H. Davis Archao- f ^' ^ . 
E. H. Davis 
logical Collection, containing many typical and rare forms of pre- collection. 
• $1 800 
historic workmanship from the mounds of Ohio, was purchased. ' ' 
The collection of rare antiquities gathered by Hon. E. G. Squier Squ'er 
1 • /-I 1 1 Collection, 
during his several years' search m Central and South America was $2,000. 
acquired by purchase in 1875. 
In 1878 over 200 pieces of Missouri mound pottery were received Marquand 
Collection. 
as a gift from Mr. H. G. Marquand; a very important collection con- 
taining 3,000 implements used by the prehistoric men of the valley 
of the Somme, France, was purchased and presented by the President, stuart 
Mr. R. L. Stuart; and by purchase the Museum acquired the Bement ^^^^^^ 
Collection illustrating the Stone Age of Denmark. collection. 
The next large collection acquired was that gathered by Colonel 
Charles Jones among the Indians of the southern United States. It Jones 
Collection, 
represented their art, religion, and industries. Iwo thirds ot this $7 500. 
collection was purchased by the Museum in 1877, the remainder being 
presented by Mr. Robert L. Stuart in 1881. 
All of these were the collections which comprised the Department 
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