SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 
WASHINGTON 25, D. C. 
MOV 25195 
NOV 211952 
Dr* Alexander Wetraore, Secretary 
Smithsonian Institution 
Washington 2 $, D* C* 
Dear Doctor Wetmores 
On behalf of the U* S* National Museum, I take pleasure 
in acknowledging the receipt of a christening doll used in a 
mock ceremony held at Chimin, Provincia de Panama, Republica 
de Panama, Sunday, February 19, 1950, and found later with 
the effects of the Smithsonian scientific party operating in 
the vicinity of Chiman. 
We are very glad to receive this valuable addition to 
the national collection of dolls and puppets* Your written 
description of the mock christening proceedings, which is 
being filed with the accession papers is particularly useful. 
The specimen has been entered on the records of the U. S* 
National Museum as a gift in your name, for which please 
accept iry thanks* 
Sincerely yours. 
Remington Kellogg 
Director 
