MUSEUMS. 



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Red earth (25. 3. 1901. 19), from a village near Mayumba, used 

 fey the women on marriage to rub their bodies with : purchased. 



Metal armlet (20. 8. 1901. 120) ; metal charm, in form of a 

 Neolithic celt (26. 8. 1901. 127) ; seven metal celt-shaped charms or 

 amulets (25. 2. 1901. 1-7), from Benin City: purchased. 



Ten photographs (23. 12. 1901. 2) of Central African natives, 

 copied from R. Buckta's originals; presented by the Director of 

 Science and Art Museum, Edinburgh (Abaka 5 and $ , 2 Niam 

 Niam $ and $ , 4 Schuli s , Akka girl, 2 Bari ? 2 Shilluk 3 , 

 Bischarien Arab, $ Schukurieh Aral), Mombutto neg. 2 ? and 

 Niam Niam ? ). 



Melanesia. — Solomon Islands : — 



Native model in wood of a canoe (28. 1. 1901. 71) ; purchased. 



Polynesia.— Sandwich Islands : — 



Fan (24. G. 1901. 1) of plaited reed, and two pieces of orange and 

 white coloured tapa cloth (24. G. 1901. 2) ; presented by Mr. Stafford 

 Heapy, Honolulu. 



MONGOLIAN RACE : — 



America.— South : — 



A selection of objects (23. 9. 1901. 1-11), from the Indian tribes 

 of the Upper Amazon, collected and presented by Consul D. B. 

 Adamson, as follows: — 



Pottery bowl, showing the method of ' building up ' the vessel by 

 the coiling process, and the materials used in the making of such 

 vessels, as follows: — Bark, used calcined and mixed with sand to 

 form a clay, yellow and white clay for 'slipping' the grey vessels, 

 black glaze (?) used to coat the inside of the vessels (applied 

 hot), varnish applied to the outside of the completed vessel, fish-bone 

 rasp for finishing off the coils, Cocama Indians : earthenware smoker 

 tor smoking rubber, Cocama Indians : net, with pith floats and stone 

 sinkers : feather fan, Napo Indians : piece of tapa cloth : bamboo 

 tube, containing Wourali poison; creeper cord, used for tying down 

 house thatches: material used in the making of fibre-string: the 

 leaves, raw fibre, waste ribs of leaves, brush made from the waste 



