MUSEUMS. ®* 



Hervey Islands :— Club (8. 3. 98. 8), formerly in the Zemsch Collec- 

 tion, from Rimetra ; purchased. 



Samoa :— Twelve Fans (24. 11. 98. 29. 40), made of variously dyed 

 pieces of rattan and tappa cloth ; presented by Mr. Wm. Crosfield. 



Fan (8. 3. 98. 5) ; Spear, with barbed head (8. 3. 98. 7) ; Wooden 

 Club, Fiji form (8. 3. 98. 0), from Tutuila ; purchased. 



Tonga :— Cone-shaped Alabaster Pounder (8. 3. 98. 3) ; purchased. 



Mikronesia. — Matty Island : — 



Tortoise-shell Axe (8. 2. 98. 10) ; Spear, the head whitened and on 

 either side of it a row of shark's teeth (8. 2. 98. 11) ; Wooden Club, 

 painted (8. 2. 98. 12) ; Wooden Spear, painted (8. 2. i)S. 13) ; Triple- 

 headed Fish Spear (8. 2. 98. 14) ; Wooden Bowl (8. 3. 98. 1) ; Sixteen 

 Barbed Wooden Spears (11. 10. 98. 5-6) : purchased. 



Gilbert Island :— Hat, made of palm leaves (8. 3. 98. 9), from 

 Taputeuca ; purchased. 



Marshall Island :— Spear (8. 3. 98. 10) ; purchased. 



Anchorite Islands :— Grass Petticoat (8. 3. 98. 2) ; purchased. 



MONGOLIAN RACE. 



America. —South : — 

 Spindle and Whorl (27. 9. 98. 11), and Drill (27. 9. 98. 12) with 

 obsidian bit, used for drilling turquoise ; purchased. 



Large Painted Earthenware Water Vessel (15. 12. 98. 1), from the 

 \ Ucayali, River Amazon ; presented by Captain •!. H. Good, 

 S.S. " Boliva." 



North :— 

 Leather Gun Case, decorated with beads and porcupine quill work 

 (11. 1. 98. 2), and a Netted Game Bag (11. 1. 98. 3), from the Dog Rib 

 Indians, Mackenzie River ; also a Chiefs Necklace, from the Blackfoot 

 Indians (11. 1. 98. 4) ; purchased. 



Madagascar:— 



A Group of Objects (29. 3. 98. 63-67) from Madagascar has been 

 acquired by purchase, as follows : — 



Tanala :— Waterproof of Plaited Bark ; Hatchet : Plate, lovia or 

 vilia, made oi the leaves of the traveller/ tree. 



