REPORT ON THE DEPARTMENT OF AMERICAN ABORIGINAL POTTERY 

 .IN THE U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1891. 



I'.y Wii.iJAM 11. Holmks, Hoiiordf)/ Cinudor. 



Ill this departuieut durJn.i;' the tiscal year endiui; June 30, 18UI, active 

 operations liave been unimportant, as the installment of material is prac- 

 tically complete. Accessions for the year are numerous, but no collec- 

 tions of es])ecial importance have been received. The last catalogue 

 number for June, 1S90, is 135303; for June, 1891, 130183. 



Such researches as have been conducted by the curator relate mainly 

 to collections nuide by the Bureau of Ethnology during the past few 

 years in the Mississippi Valley and along the Atlantic coast. They 

 will be embodied in a forthcoming volume of contributions to the 

 Bureau of Ethnology. 



lieference is made in the l)ibliography (Section iv) to papers pub- 

 lished by the curator during the year, relating to excavations in an 

 ancient soapstone quarry in the District of (Columbia, and to the Thrus- 

 ton tablet. 



ACCESSIONS To TllK fOLLKCTIoN. 



Ace. 23621. — Fragments of a bowl Irom New Mexico. Presented l>y Miss H. V. 

 Ghiselin, Louisville, Ky. 



Ace. 24012. — Pottery friiguients, i>ottery disk, and I'ragnients of earthen pipe. 

 Transferred to the National Museum by the Bureau of Etlmology. These collec- 

 tions Avere made by Mr. William H. Holmes, Mr. H. L. Reynolds, Mr. Thomas Har- 

 per, Mr. John Bury, Mr. Charles Miller, and Mr. F. D. Snyder, in the District of 

 Columbia, South Dakota, South Carolina, Iowa, Iiuliana, Arkansas, Maryland, New 

 York, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and West A^irgiuia. 



Ace. 24160. — Pottery from Parker, Ariz. Presented by Mr. George A. Allen, United 

 States Indian agent, Colorado River Agency, Parker, Ariz. 



Ace. 24216. — Pottery from Cariicas, Venezuela. Presented by Mr, R. M. Batlermau, 

 legatioii of the Uuited States, Caracas, Venezuela, 



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