MUSEUMS. I'i7 



Selection <>f Slime Mauls, Flint Scrapers and Arrow-heads, Metal 

 Arrow-heads, and Horn Ladle (29. 11. 00. 1-26), from Calgary, 

 Canada ; purchased. 



Flint Hook (17. 12. 00. 26), Virginia, U.S.A. ; purchased. 



China- 

 Two Photographs (29. 11. 00. 16-17) of Shanghai silk culture and 

 Chinese weaving-; purehased. 



Malay Archipelago.— Nias :— 



The following specimens (29. 11. 00. 1-13) from the Nias Islands 

 were acquired by purchase : — Ancestral Statuettes in wood ; 

 Cutlass; Sword in wooden sheath; Bracelet made from the shell of 

 Tridacna gigas ; Neckring, ' Kalabulo ' ; Head Ornament — a band 

 of linen on which are sewn hat-like shaped silver ornaments: Shield 

 of wood bound with cane : Woman's Stick, inlaid with lead ; 

 Wooden Shield, the front covered with leather; Drum; Iron Helmet 

 and Plumes ; Harness and Helmet of plaited arenga fibre ; Iron 

 Breast-plate and Fringe of fibre. 



CAUCASIAN EACE. 



Egypt.- 



A selection of Egyptian Antiquities (24. 9. 00. 56-235), from the 

 excavations at Abydos, presented by the Committees of the Egypt 

 Exploration Fund and Research Account. 



Summary of Acquisitions 



Ceramics •■• 

 Ethnography 



