I^^RT II 



PAPERS DESCRIBING AND ILLUSTRATING COLLECTIONS IN THE 

 U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Page. 

 Guide to the Study of the Collections in the Section of Applied Geology: The 



Nonmetallic Minerals. By George P. Merrill 155 



A Primitive Frame for Weaving Narrow Fabrics. By Otis T. Mason 485 



An Early West Virginia Pottery. By Walter Hough 511 



Pointed Bark Canoes of the Kutenai and Amur. By Otis T. Mason 523 



Descriptive Catalogue of a Collection of Objects of Jewish Ceremonial deposited 

 in the U. S. National Museum by Hadji Ephraim Benguiat. By Cyrus 



Adler and I. M. Casano wicz 539 



153 



