DEPARTMENT OF AMERICAN ABORIGINAL POTTERY. 99 



a second paper was prepared which covers the following topics : Form 

 in the textile art, relation of form to ornament, textile ornament, devel- 

 opment of a geometric system of ornament within the art, geometricity 

 imposed upon adopted elements, and the extension of the geometric sys- 

 tem to other forms of art. These papers are accompanied by over 500 

 illustrations, and will appear in the Sixth Annual Report of the Bureau 

 of Ethnology. 



It is difficult to obtain a correct statement of the number of specimens 

 in the collection, as much of the ware is in a fragmentary condition. 



A very large and important series of vases is still retained in the 

 Archreologic Hall of the Smithsonian Institution. It is expected that 

 during the coming year cases will be built and placed in the pottery court 

 to accommodate representative series of this material. 



