5* MUSEUMS. 



South Africa : — 



Hide Shield (26. 4. 98. 3), Zulu ; presented by Mr. E. Cox. 



The following specimens (9. 8. 98. 78-97), have been purchased : — 

 Woven Bag ; Girdle Dress ; Necklets ; Necklaces of pieces of wood and 

 seeds ; Grass Basket ; Twenty Armlets of various forms and wires. 



Bhotographs (26. 4. 98. 40-43) of Zulu Girls and Kaffir Huts; 

 purchased. 



Melanesia. — Australia : — 



Wooden Shield (8. 2. 98. 4) ; Boomerangs (8. 2 98. 5-7) ; presented 

 by Dr. Pechey. 



A selection (18. 10. 98. 2-92) of objects from the neighbourhoods of 

 the Yule and Sherlock Rivers, Nullagine, Kimberley, the table-land 

 between the Sherlock and Forteseue Bivers, and the Desert of North- 

 west Australia, were acquired by purchase, as follows : — 



Shield ; Mishra or Spear Throwers ; Mourning Necklaces ; Bull 

 Boarers ; Fire Sticks ; Sticks, &c, carried in the Corrobboree ; Necklaces 

 of Burga beads, culladi gum, teredo shells, human hair, &c. ; Hair 

 Ornaments; Net; Passport of the Gnalluma Tribe; Nose Ornaments : 

 Wooden Water Vessel ; Trough for winnowing seeds ; Native Doctor's 

 Instruments ; various Grasses, Seeds, and Gums, used for making food 

 and beads ; Flint Knives ; Glass Spear Heads and Photographs. 



British New Guinea : — 



A collection of Ethnographical Objects (25. 1. 98. 1-167), from the 

 South-east Coast, acquired by purchase, as follows : — 



Taupota : — Part of the Prow of a Canoe ; Spatulas of various 

 materials and forms ; Tortoise-shell Comb, Necklaces of shell discs and 

 cassowary quill? ; Baskets ; Axe and Adze, with stone heads and wooden 

 handles ; Stone Tappa-beaters ; Grass Petticoats ; Lime Gourds ; Slings 

 and Sling Stones : Netted Bags, Shuttles and specimens of netting of 

 various-sized mesh ; Tortoise-shell Earrings ; Shell Ladles. 



Fergusson Island: — Stone Axe-heads; Bamboo Pipes; Betel-nut 

 Pounders and Mortar ; Necklaces of Cowrie and other Shells ; Shell 

 Nose Sticks ; Shell Armlets ; Leglet of Shells, ovuhim. 



Goodenough Island :— Pan's Pipes ; Grass Armlets ; Necklace of 

 Ground Shells strung on grass string ; Adze, stone head and wooden 

 handle. 



