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The collection of classical antiquities has recently acquired by purchase, gift and loan a large number of Greek and Roman antiquities.
A valuable collection of aborigine utensils and implements from Dutch New Guinea has recently been presented to the Peabody Museum by Mr. Thomas Barbour 1G., who acquired the objects on a recent trip to the East, and who has also brought back numerous zoological specimens for the University Museum.
The objects were obtained for the most part along the northern coast of Dutch New Guinea from the western extremity of Humboldt's Bay, and are extremely valuable in illustrating the life of the natives. The collection consists of spears, bows, arrows, shields, household and cooking utensils--many beautifully carved...
The Museum has also received as the gift of Mr. L. H. Farlow an excellent collection of 12 rare Chilchotin baskets from an Athabascan tribe in British Columbia.
The Fogg Museum of Art has received from E. W. Forbes '95 as an indefinite loan a painting representing the Madonna and Child, attributed to the early Florentine master, Benozzo Gozzoli. This new addition to the Forbes collection will soon be placed on exhibition in the gallery of the museum...