I> A^ R T II. 



PAPERS DESCRIBING AND ILLUSTRATING COLLECTIONS IN THE 

 U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Page. 



Anthropological Studies in California. By William Henry Holmes : 155 



Aboriginal American Harpoons: A Study in Ethnic Distribution and Inven- 

 tion. By Otis Tufton Mason 189 



A Sketch of the History of the Ceramic Art in China, with a Catalogue of tlie 



Hippisley Collection of Chinese Porcelains. By Alfred E. Hippisley 305 



Contributions to the History of Musical Scales. By Charles Kasson AVead . . . 417 



A Collection of Hopi Ceremonial Pigments. By Walter Hough 463 



Descriptive Catalogue of the Collection of Gems in the United States National 



Museum. By Wirt Tassin 473 



Descriptive Catalogue of the Meteorite Collection in the United States National 



Museum. By Wirt Tassin 671 



153 



