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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION  557
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MADE BY BAKER-VAWTER CO. 
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through Mrs. Hoff.

An embroidered royal Persian tent, dating from 1801 and a remarkable specimen of needlework, lent by Mr. Hagop Kevorkian.

Three very interesting specimens of the workmanship of two Philadelphia silversmiths comprising a tea pot and pitcher made by William Ball between 1750 and 1764, and a bowl made by Joseph Richardson about 1730. Lent by William H. Potter, of Washington, D. C., and Beverley R. Potter of Philadelphia.

An interesting but small meteoric iron found by Dr. Fewkes in one of the aboriginal buildings of the Mesa Verde National Monument.

The residual portion of the Coonley-Ward Meteorite collection comprising not less than 155 individual pieces and valued at current prices at upwards of $1000.00.

Five cut beryls of unusual size and quality and a magnificent citrine quartz from Brazil. Purchased from the Chamberlain Fund.

A medicine case supplied by E. R. Squibb ^[[&]] Sons, New York City, for use of members of the Smithsonian African Expedition (1909-1910) was donated by the Estate of Dr. E. A. Mearns, through Dr. C. W. Richmond, Washington, D. C.

A series of specimens illustrating steps in the manufacture of plain, printed, and inlaid linoleum was contributed by the Armstrong Cork Company, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Dr. Charles D. Walcott, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C., contributed a red and white patchwork quilt made about 1850 by his mother, Mrs. Mary L. Walcott, of Utica, N. Y., and two handwoven blue and white bedspreads obtained from an old residence in Washington County, in 1892.

[[underlined]] Bureau of American Ethnology. [[/underlined]]

Since the last meeting of the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution the work of the Bureau of American Ethnology has continued along the traditional lines. The accompanying exhibit from the Pipe Shrine Home indicated the character of the archaeological work carried on under the direct supervision of the Chief of the Bureau. This work was continued in cooperation with the National 
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