Yost , iX obt . L « 
American Consulate General, 
Leopoldville, Belgian Congo, 
October 2, 1955* 
Dr. Waldo L. Schmitt, 
Smithsonian Institution, 
Washington 25, D.C. 
Dear Dr. Schmitt: 
Needless to say, June and I are delighted to do what 
we oan in the way of finding some native art work for 
your wife. We have been down to the native sidewalk 
market a couple of times, but so far without any success. 
I think I know what you want and I'm sure that it will be 
there again one of these times, so don’t want to settle 
for anything second-rate in the meantime . 
We will have no difficulty in finding room and 
weight for the ivory figurines, so could bring them with 
us when we come to Washington on our way to California, 
that is, in the first days of November. The ebony head 
and the faces might be a bit heavy for air luggage, so 
we may have to ship them parcel post as you suggest . 
That is unless you would be willing to wait for them until 
some time in January — then we would simply pack them with 
our household effects which will presumably be shipped to 
Washington when our oarders come through. Let me know how 
you feel on this. 
I say 11 presumably 11 above because we have no orders as 
vet though we are quite convinced from grape vine rumors 
that Washington is our next post. No orders yet, and to- 
morrow our two years are up. Hard to understand, since 
Bill Drew already has his transfer orders to Antwerp, and 
he is not eligible until the end of November. 
We'll look forward to hearing from you and in the 
meantime wish you all the very best. Our regards to Dr. 
Baker and the Sextons too. 
Sincerely yours, 
Robert L. Yost 
