138 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1893. 



Tin: ( OI.I.KCTION OF AMEKICAN AHOKKilNAL POTTERY. 



This colloction, a portion of wiiich would seoin to belong' to tliat of 

 prehistoric antliro])olo<iy, has grown up under the direction of I'rof. W. 

 H. Holmes, of the Bureau of Ethnology, and in connection Avith his 

 studies of American art in clay. It is arranged in one of the central 

 courts of the Museum building by tribes and regions, including not 

 only the magnificent series of Pueblo objects obtained by the Bureau 

 of Ethnology, but also the general collection from the mounds of the 

 Mississippi Valley and from the burial cemeteries of Central and South 

 America, and forming one of the most impressive exhibitions of the 

 kind ever brought together. 



The series of vessels to represent the art of the Pueblo tribes was 

 sent to the World's Fair They were grouped and arranged with life- 

 size figures representing Zuni women making and decorating pottery, 

 executed by Mr. F. H. Gushing. Mr. Holmes also prepared for the 

 World's Fair illustrations of his other investigations upon the quarry- 

 ing and stone industries of the Indians. 



The collections shown in Chicago illustrate the (piarrying of stone 

 bji the aborigines of the United States, for utensils, pipes, ornaments, 

 etc. ; the manufacture of stone implements from Hint, chert, novaculite, 

 quartzite, and rhyolite; and the mining of coi)per and mica. 



Exhibit illustrating the ancient quarrying of quartzite bowlders (and the manu- 

 facture of implements from them) on Piney Brancli, District of Columbia; 

 including a series of specimens, showing processes and progressive steps of manu- 

 facture; and photographs, drawings, and maps representing the site and nature 

 of the aboriginal operations and the method of exploration. 



A group of exhibits illustrating by means of specimens, map>*, photographs, etc., 

 the quarrying and manufacture of chert in Indian Territory, together with a 

 mass of quarry refuse. 



Exhibits representing the novaculite quarries of (iarhand County, Ark., including a 

 series of hanuner-stones. 



Exhibits rci)re8cnting the Hint (luarrics of Flint Ridge. Licking County, Ohio, and 

 the manufacture of knives, spears, and arrow-heads. 



An exhibit representing the quarrying and shaping of rhyolite by the ancient 

 inhabitants of Pennsylvania. 



Specimens illustrating the use of tiint nodules in implement-making by tribes of 

 Texas. 



Specimens, ]>hotograph8, and maps showing the aboriginal manufacture of soapstone 

 utensils in the District of Columbia. 



Collections from the ancient copper mines of Isle Royale, Lake Superior, supple- 

 mented by photographs, maps, and drawings. 



An exliibit representing the sacred pipestoue quarries of Southwestern Minnesota. 



A collection representing ancient mica mining in North Carolina. 



Costumed figures — two negro workmen engaged in breaking up and flaking flint. 



The accessions of the year include a large number of entries, the most 

 important being that of a series of ancient pueblo vases purchased from 

 Mr. H. Hales, of New Jersey, to form a part of the department exhibit 

 of aboriginal ceramics at the Columbian I^xposition. Small collections, 

 mostly shreds only, have been made by Mr. Ccrard Fowke and Mr. 



