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600 Ohio Arch

600       Ohio Arch. and Hist. Society Publications

 

The Registrar has reported the additions to the Museum

from October 1, 1926, to September 1, 1927, as follows:

 

Accessions to Museum Collections

October 1, 1926 to September 1, 1927

The most important additions to the Archaeological collec-

tion, aside from the material secured by explorations, have been

the collections of the late Dr. G. Miesse, Lancaster, Ohio, which

was bequeathed to the Society; of Mr. C. O. Tracy, Bexley,

Ohio, presented by his son, Mr. William P. Tracy; and the col-

lections of Dr. B. R. Bales of Circleville, and Mr. George W.

Gossard of South Solon, Ohio, which were purchased. The col-

lection of Mr. H. R. McPherson has also been loaned to the

Society.

A number of fine examples of Indian beadwork have been

presented, notably the collection of Dr. H. Lee Good, Hamilton,

Ohio, and Mr. Tiffin Gilmore of Columbus. The collection of

Dr. Good is exhibited in one of the new wall cases in the De-

partment of Ethnology.

A fine collection of native hats and other material from the

Philippines, and specimens of Apache Beadwork have been de-

posited in the museum by Col. William F. Martin, U. S. A.,

General Reserve Depot at Columbus.

The Egyptian Mummy presented last year by Dr. J. Morton

Howell, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to

Egypt, has been placed in the sarcophagus in which it was found,

and a copy of the decoration on the inside of the sarcophagus

has been framed and hung upon the wall adjacent to the ex-

hibit. The sarcophagus was received from Dr. Howell during

the past year, and the exhibit is now complete.

Various relics of the Civil War are still being added, among

those recently received being the military equipment of the late

Col. W. L. Curry of Columbus.

The collection of Minerals has been enlarged by specimens

presented by Mr. James G. Manchester of New York, Mrs.

Theodore Leonard of Columbus, and others. Mr. Philip Kientz

of Columbus has also contributed generously, making several