Natural history . t is of the highest importance, from thepoint of view of the ethnologist, that collections be made without delayillustrating the life and the history- of the savage and semi-savage tribesnow living there. Hence the material recently received from the Congo,together with that which has been promised and that which had beenobtained from East Africa and elsewhere will form an extensive andcomprehensive collection which will probably, in a comparatively fewyears, be unique and of inestimable value. A COLLECTION FROM THE TUKANO INDIANS OF SOUTH AMERICA. ,HE Museum acquired in Sept
Natural history . t is of the highest importance, from thepoint of view of the ethnologist, that collections be made without delayillustrating the life and the history- of the savage and semi-savage tribesnow living there. Hence the material recently received from the Congo,together with that which has been promised and that which had beenobtained from East Africa and elsewhere will form an extensive andcomprehensive collection which will probably, in a comparatively fewyears, be unique and of inestimable value. A COLLECTION FROM THE TUKANO INDIANS OF SOUTH AMERICA. ,HE Museum acquired in September a large amount ofethnological material from the Tukano Indians ofSouth America, the result of an eight-month sojournof the well known scientist and collector, Mr. HermannSchmidt, among the almost unknown people of theRio Caiary-Uaupes, a tributary of the Rio Negro inthe State of Amazonas, Brazil. The locality is so remote from civili-zation, and the difficulty and danger incurred in reaching it are so TUKA NO COLLEC TIL) N 109 on account of the numerous waterfalls and rapids of the rivers, which arethe only highways, that many of the inhabitants had never seen a whiteman before Mr. Schmidts arrival, and their mode of life and customshave probably changed but little since the beginning of the historicperiod in South America. The primitive condition of the Tukano Indians gives particularvalue to this collection of their household utensils, implements of warand the chase, clothing, ceremonial objects and ornaments, since these
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