The book "Illustrated Catalog of a Portion of the Collections Made in the Expedition of 1881. Third Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1881-82, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1884, pp. 427-510" is written by William Henry Holmes. In this work, the researcher shares the results of ethnographic research conducted during the 1881 expedition. The catalog contains a description of the illustrations of the collected collections, which represent valuable material for the study of the culture and life of the peoples that have been studied. Thanks to detailed descriptions and images of objects, the reader can better familiarize himself with the ethnographic features of various population groups. This book is an important source for the study of anthropology and cultural studies and helps to preserve and transmit knowledge about the history and traditions of the peoples that were studied during the expedition.