ANTHROPOLOGY. 



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Eskimo tribes as determiDed by dialects. Tlie following table illu?» 

 trates tbe order of thought : 



Aboriginal inland Eskimo. 



PrLncipal stem, Eskimo xiroper. 



Side branch, Aleutians. 



Eastern. 



III. Middle regions : 

 Iglnlik, Repulse 

 Bay, Churcliill. 



IV. Mackenzie. 



I. Greeulanders. II Labradoriaus. 



V. Western. 



Northern. 



1. Pt. Barrow. 



2. Kaviagmnt. 



3. Malemut. 



4. Unaligniut. 



5. Ekogmnt. 

 9. Asiatics. 



Southern. 



6. Tschugazzet. 



7. Kadjagians. 



8. Kangcugdlit. 



TECHNOLOGY. 



Technology, in the anthropological sense, is the natural history of 

 human arts. Whatever men habitually think about gives rise to spe- 

 cific industries and arts. The study of the progress of mind through 

 these arts is a proper study for anthropologists. 



An excellent exarmple of research in this direction is afforded by Mr. 

 Holmes's papers on pottery in Major Powell's fourth annual report — 

 notably by the one on the origin and development of form and ornament 

 in ceramic art. 



Forms of pottery arise as follows : 



( by adventition 

 Origin of form< by imitation 

 ( by invention 



of natural models 

 of artificial models 



Modification of form may arise in many ways 



Modification of form< 



f incapacity ^ to assume form 



incapacity of the artisan ^ to retain form 



, , ,.,. I changes of method in maunfactnre 

 by adventition <^ changes of environment 



I changes of use 



l^lack of use 

 influence of men or exotic forms 

 1 • f f . Mo enhance usefulness < for the beautiful 

 oy intents ^ ^^ piease fancy { for the grotesque 



Mr. Holmes classified decorative motives as follows : 



Suggestions of features of natural utensils or objects 



Origin of orname 



J 



suggestions of features 

 of artificial utensils 

 or objects 



Suggestions from accidents atiendim 



f handles 



functional if Ss^^ 



(^perforations 

 f the coil 

 I the seam 

 constructional ' the stitcli 

 I the plait 

 i^ Uho twist, etc. 



C marks of fingers 

 constructions marks of implements 

 f marks of models, etc. 



