Excerpt from Ethnographical Material From North America in Swiss Collections Many of the pieces forming the American collections were brought back by travelers or other persons who resided for a time in America during the days when such things were easily obtained. It is evident that the-collectors ch'ose good examples of the dif ferent types and classes. Of work. This is most apparent in the collections in the Historisches Museum in Bern, as will be shown later. For this reason the specimens are of special interest and value at the present time. Moreover, many of the pieces in the Bern Museum bear old labels or marks of identification, usually the name of the tribe, probably written when the objects were obtained from the Indians; such marks of course add to the-value of the specimens. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.