CONTENTS. V 



Page. 

 Objects of art — Continued. 



Miscellaneous objects — Continued. 



Musical instruments ISG 



K;ittlps 150 



Drums 157 



Wind instruments IfiO 



Life forms in vase painting 171 



Resume 18G 



A STUDY OF THE TE.XTILE ART IX ITS RELATION TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF FORM 

 AND ORNAMENT. BY %VILLIAM H. HOLMES. 



Introduction 195 



Form in textile art 196 



Relations of form to ornament 201 



Color in textile art 201 



Textile ornament 203 



Development of a geometric system witliin the art 202 



Introduction 203 



Relief jjlienomena 203 



Ordinary features 303 



Reticulated work 210 



Supereonstructive features 211 



Color plienomena 215 



Onlinary features 215 



N(.n r.^^-nti.il constructive features 226 



Su|..iv,.n-t I lutive features 228 



Ad\ eulitious features 231 



Geometricity imposed upon adopted elements of design 233 



Extension of textile ornament to other forms of art 244 



AIDS TO THE STUDY OF THE MAYA CODICES. BY CYRUS THOM.iS. 



Introduction 259 



ClL\P. I. The numerals in the Dresden C'odex .■ 361 



II. Conclusions 339 



III. Tlie writing 345 



Signification of the characters 347 



Symbols of animals etc 348 



Symbols of deities 358 



Discussion as to phonetic features of the cliaracters 365 



OSAfJE TRADITIONS. BY REV. .J. OWEN DORSEY. 



Introduction 377 



Traditions of the elders 3S1 



Unit" u(^k^e. Tsiou wactaJie itade (Tradition of tlie Tsi.)u waita>ie gens) . :iSl 



Translation 388 



ITnCi" U(]!a5ie. QiKpapasa" itade (Tradition of the Bald Eagle subgens). . . . 390 



Translation 394 



Concluding remarks 396 



THE CENTRAL ESKIMO. BY DR. FRANZ BOAS. 



Introduction 409 



Authorities ([uoted 410 



Orthography 413 



Geography of northeastern America 413 



