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[[underline]] Report on the Operations in the Department of Antiquities, U.S. National Museum, during December, 1885. [[/underline]]

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Number of specimens entered in Record Book, for exhibition 134. In Loan Book 1.

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Specification of Additions.
Accession 15735.
Miles Rock, Washington, D.C. [[/underline]] ---A boulder with sculptured human face, from the ruins of Saculeo, near Huehuetenango, Guatemala, a place supposed to be the capital of the Mam Indian Kings; and a sculptured stone from the ruins of an altar in an ancient temple on the summit of Cerro Ixbul, 40 miles S.E. from Comitan, in Mexico.

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Accession 16879.
J.W. Johnson, Fort Alexander, Alaska [[/underline]] .---A slate knife-blade, 2 celts, and 3 adzes from Alaska.

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Accession 16919.
Edward Palmer, U.S. National Museum [[/underline]] .---Sixteen specimens of burnt clay bearing impressions of sticks, twigs etc., from a mound in Arizona. See "American Naturalist, 1885;" article on burnt clay in mounds.

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Accession 16946.
T.F. Spangler, Zanesville, Ohio. [[/underline]] ---Collection of arrow and spear-heads, scrapers etc., from the neighborhood of Flint Ridge, Muskingum County, Ohio.---109 specimens mounted on 9 serviceable tablets. The latter were retained; but as the specimens were attached with twine, they had to be remounted with copper wire. This collection contains a number of articles of a superior character.