ANTHROPOLOGY 
K. Jesup in 1899-1901. A large number of archaeological specimens 
from ancient tombs in Santa Marta, and interesting material from the 
Goajira Indians were in the collection made by Dr. Nicholas. 
The entire collection made by Mr. Hermann Schmidt and Mr. Schmidt- 
Weiss First 
Louis Weiss among the Tukano Indians along the Rio Caiary-Uaupes, collection, 
the most important tributary of the Rio Negro, was secured for the 
Museum by Mr. Jesup in 1907. The collection contains five hundred 
ethnological specimens, an extensive vocabulary of the languages, 
drawings of the painted figures found on rocks, and a number of folk 
tales. In the collection are about 300 pieces of feather work, such 
as head dresses, waistbands, ornaments for the legs and arms, and 
plumes to be carried in the hand. There are also spears, shields, 
bows, arrows, blow -guns with their poisoned arrows, fish traps of 
basketry, and a variety of baskets and pottery vessels, together with 
various musical instruments. 
The representation of the modern tribes of Colombia was very 
recently increased by the purchase of the second Schmidt- Weiss col- Schmidt- 
lection. It was gathered among the Indians of the Isana River region, ^cond 
and numbers almost 300 pieces. Collection. 
The archaeological series was greatly enlarged in 1908 by an ex- 
change with the Carnegie Museum. The accessions from Colombia 
also include 150 pieces of curious black ware, gathered by Mr. Frederick 
F. Sharpless from graves on ancient burial sites in the Cauca Valley, 
and a few pieces of the same type given by Dr. Francis C. Nicholas. 
From ancient Peru, which comprised what is now the Republic of Expedition 
to Peru 
Peru and the greater part of Ecuador, Bolivia, and Chile, has been 1892-1903. 
gathered a wonderful collection which illustrates the highest stage of 
civilization attained in prehistoric time in South America. The col- 
lection is the result of eleven years' field work by Dr. Adolph F. Bande- 
lier. The expedition was begun in 1892 under the patronage of 
Mr. Henry Villard, and continued since 1894 by the Museum. The 
pottery obtained from ancient graves along the coast and interior of 
Peru, Bolivia, and Chile fills several cases, while several more are 
filled by a general collection showing the industries, decorative art, 
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