3 
ANTHROPOLOGY 
specimens, such as bows, arrows for war and hunting, spears of many Engier 
forms, decorated lances, clubs, model of a boat, paddles, baskets, 
cloth, pottery, dishes, ornaments, etc. 
PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY 
A series of expeditions devoted to the physical anthropology of 
southwestern United States and northern Mexico was carried on for 
the Museum by Dr. A. Hrdlicka, the means for which were generously 
furnished by Mr. Frederick E. Hyde, Jr. The main object was the 
acquisition of knowledge of the physical features of the present as 
well as the ancient Indian populations over the territory covered 
before the advent of the whites by the Cliff Dwellers, Pueblos, and 
branches of the Nahuas. The territory covered extends uninter- 
ruptedly from southern Utah and Colorado in the United States to 
the State of Morelos in Mexico. The material obtained on the four 
expeditions comprises measurements of and observations on nearly 
3,000 individuals, more than 1,500 photographs, about 300 skulls 
and skeletons, 120 facial casts, and about 3,000 ethnological and 
archaeological specimens. 
The Museum now has a collection of types from the North Pacific 
Coast, California, Dakota, Smith Sound, New York, Mexico, the 
Southwest, Siberia, and Japan. 
An extensive series of typical portrait busts has now been as- 
sembled, more than 500 molds having been taken from the various 
living types. They represent typical individuals of the North American 
tribes, including the Eskimo of the Arctic regions, also the Ainu, the 
Chinese, the Japanese, and several Siberian tribes. Molds from the 
Philippine, African, and South American native tribes who were at 
the St. Louis Exposition were added in 1904. 
Several thousand plaster casts of the palates of feeble-minded 
and normal children and adults were presented by Dr. Walter Chan- 
ning in 1908. They are of great value in the study of racial characters. 
[107] 
