. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. 426 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1890. on tbe same chain of islands who build houses over pits, and the find- ing of still others on Shikotan, may be fairly taken to indicate a con- nection between the people who dug- the ancient pits and those who live in such dwellings at the present time. There was very little to collect in the way of specimens to represent the people. M. Leroux was so fortunate as to tiud a single musical instrument of th
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. 426 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1890. on tbe same chain of islands who build houses over pits, and the find- ing of still others on Shikotan, may be fairly taken to indicate a con- nection between the people who dug- the ancient pits and those who live in such dwellings at the present time. There was very little to collect in the way of specimens to represent the people. M. Leroux was so fortunate as to tiud a single musical instrument of the form represented in Fig. 66. Not another could be. Fig. 66. Musical Instrument, Shikotan. found of the same shape, which will be recognized as of Russian design. The people were making others of different shape, evidently in imitation of the Japanese samisen. Fig. 67 represents a carrying band used by women to carry their chil-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents; United States National Museum. Report of the U. S. National Museum; Smithsonian Institution. Report of the Secretary. Washington : Smithsonian Institution
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