50 REPORT ON NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1886. 



GEOGKAPHICAI. REVIKW OF THK ACCKSSIONS. 



J Fine A. 



Several portions of tliis contiueut are represented in tiie IVIuseutn by 

 small collections of material received from the Xew Orleans Ex[)osition. 

 These are principally etbuoloj^ical, consisting of clothiu*;, mnsical in- 

 struments, etc., and objects of art-work, such as carved brass trays, 

 sami)les of leather-work, and stono carvings of Scarabeus. Twenty- 

 three species of African mammals were received from the Museum of 

 Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, Mass., and a few birds. 



From x\lgeri;i we have five slabs of marble from the old Roman 

 quarries, for many years lost sight of. 



An Egyptian mummy* in excellent state of preservation and ob- 

 tained at Luxor, in Ui)per Egypt, by Hon. S. S. Cox, United States 

 minister to Turkey, was piesented l)y him to the Museum. 



This mumn>y measures 5 feetG inches, is delicately proi^ortioned, and 

 is altogether a very good specimen. No Lierogl^'phics or inscriptions 

 ha\e thus far been found, either on the mummy or on the outer case, 

 whicli is also in a good state of i)rescrvation. The face and head of the 

 mummy are covered by a mask of green cement, the part covering the 

 face being gilded. A black streak one-half inch wide extends down 

 the cheeks and across the chin, from eye to eye. Side by side on the 

 chest lie four small tablets about the size of playing-cards, each one 

 having ui)on it a nmmmied figure of Osiris in a standing i)osition. 



Two sliield-shai)ed ornaments lie across the breast and stomach re- 

 si)ectivcly5 the upper one has upon it the sacred beetle with spread 

 wings, beneath which is a Nilometer standing between tlie two figures 

 which supi)ort a globe upon the head. The faces of the figures are cov- 

 ered by a square piece of gold-leaf; at the end of the wings is rei)re- 

 resented the hawk head of Ra, also supporting a globe. Over the sur- 

 face of the shield are painted representations of jewelry. On the lower 

 figure appears a kneeling figure of Nepte, with extended arms and 

 wings. She wears a head- baud upon her head, upon which rests a globe; 

 on either side of the head of Nepto are two groups, each containing 

 three small figures. Ostrich plumes appear in the corner of the shield. 

 Along the leg of the mummy lies a sheet of linen, cemented ([)apier 

 mache) at the top of which is a mummy on a dog-shaped bier. At the 

 head of the bier is a kneeling figure, holding an ostrich i)lume. Relow 

 this is a row of kneeling figures holding i)lumes. Further down is a 

 second Nilometer, on either side of which a figure, with an implement in 

 each hand, faces two mummied figures, both of which have the faces 

 concealed with a square piece of gold-leaf. The feet are encased in a 

 covering of cemented linen. 



Lieut. M. A. Shufeldt, U. S. Navy, contributed a collection of shells 

 from Madagascar. 



'AcccssioL 17401. Sco Part V. 



