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HISTORY OF THE MUSEUM 
Garces ' 
Collection, 
$4,072. 
Gaffron 
Collection, 
$3,200. 
Brazil. 
Ecuador, 
Bolivia, 
Chile. 
Paraguay. 
amusements — especially musical instruments — and burial customs. 
There are many skulls of the ancient Peruvians showing various forms 
of trepanation, artificial deformation, the effects of injuries and 
pathological conditions, and normal forms. 
From prehistoric sites on the Islands of Lake Titicaca, in Peru, and 
at Copacabana, Bolivia, was gathered the valuable Garces Collection, 
which was received in 1896 as a gift from Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan. 
The collection numbered about 500 pieces, and contained objects 
in gold, silver, copper, and bronze, pottery vessels, wooden vases, 
and garments. 
The importance of the Peruvian exhibit was greatly increased 
by the acquisition in 1901 of the Gaffron archaeological collection, the 
gift of Mr. Morris K. Jesup. It is especially rich in textile fabrics, 
in feather work, ornaments of silver and gold, vessels of beaten silver, 
and pottery. 
Brazil, both ancient and modern, is illustrated in the accessions 
from that country. Three of the present-day Indian tribes— the 
Tukano, the Karaja, and the Mundruchu, are represented. 
The culture of the ancient inhabitants of Ecuador, Bolivia, and 
Chile is shown in a general collection illustrating the home life, in- 
dustries, amusements, decorative art, modes of personal adornment, 
and religious and other ceremonies. 
Of special interest among the specimens are the shrunken human 
heads— war trophies of the Jivaros Indians of Ecuador— and the 
mummified body from Chile, which was found in a copper mine at 
Chuquicamata. A very large collection of ancient pottery has been 
gathered from Bolivia, and some from Ecuador. 
Paraguay is represented by an interesting collection of feather 
work, basketry, ornaments, and weapons. 
Among the collections from the southern extremity of South 
America are several pieces of feather work made by the Canoe 
(Yakgan) Indians of Terra del Fuego, and a painted "capa" from Punta 
Arenas, the latter recently given by Dr. Charles H. Townsend. On a 
Museum expedition in 1899-1900 Mr. Barnum Brown collected material 
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