54 REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 



During the year nine models, ranging in size from 2 feet square to 14 by 5 feet, were 

 finished; twelve models, including duplicate casts, were finished but not painted ; 

 and four models were commenced and not finished. 



Mr. De Lancey "»V. Gill during the year succeeded Mr. Holmes in the charge of pre- 

 paring and editing the illustrations for the publications for the Bureau. The fol- 

 lowing list shows the number of drawings that have been prepared under his super- 

 vision for actual publication during the year : 



Architectural drawings, drawings of mounds, eaTthworks, ancient ruins, etc 10'2 



Maps, diagrams, and sections 64 



Objects of stone, wood, shell, bone, etc „ „ 377 



Total 543 



These drawings were prepared from field surveys and sketches, from photographs, 

 and from the objects themselves. No field work has been done by Mr. Gill's divis- 

 ion during the year although many valuable drawings and photographs were pro- 

 cured in Arizona by Mr. Victor Mindeleff and in the District of Columbia by Mr. W. 

 H. Holmes. 



The photographic work remains under the able management of Mr. J. K. Hillers. 

 The following statement shows the amount of work done in the laboratory: 



Photographs were obtained of Indians from sittings as follows : 



During the year the Sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Sec- 

 retary of the Smithsonian Institution was issued. It contains the introductory re- 

 port of the Director, J. W. Powell, 35 pages, with accompanying papers, as follows: 

 Ancient Art of the Province of Chiriqui, Colombia, by William H. Holmes ; a Study 

 of the Textile Art in its relation to the Development of Form and Oruament, by Will- 

 iam H. Holmes; Aids to the Study of Tlie Maya Codices, by Prof. Cyrus Thomas; 

 Osage Traditions, by Rev. J. Owen Dorsey; the Central Eskimo, by Dr. Franz Boas. 

 The work forms a royal octavo volume of Iviii -f- 657 pages, including a general in- 

 dex, and is illustrated by 546 figures in the text, 10 plates, ajid 2 maps in pocket. 

 Very respectfully, 



J. W. Powell, 



Director. 

 Prof. S. P. L ANGLE y. 



Secretary of the Smithaonian Institution, 



