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5 [[underlined]] Important accessions [[/underlined]] for August and September in the Department of Ethnology. [[underlined]] Samoa. [[/underlined]] [[underlined]] Lt. T. Dix Bolles [[/underlined]] U.S.N. 2(?) (accession 2339 [[boxed]] 0 [[/boxed]]): Outfit for [[underlined]] ava [[/underlined]] drinking consisting of bowl, strainer, cups and roots of [[underlined]] ava [[/underlined]] plant; fire sticks, specimens illustrating net making, tapa making and printing, mats, necklaces, clubs, "talking stick" &c. [[underlined]] British Columbia [[/underlined]] - [[underlined]] Dr. Franz Boas [[/underlined]] (accession 23490): Series of baskets illustrating the kinds of basket weaving done by natives of the North West Coast. Very respectfully O. T. Mason Curator
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T. Dix Bolles, ava, and O. T. Mason are correct. Checked/verified