62 MUSEUMS. 



MELANIAN RACE. 



Africa. — West and South-west Africa : — 



List of specimens collected and presented by Mr. A. Eidyard, 

 Chief Engineer in the service of Messrs. Elder, Dempster & Co. : — 

 Grass cap (1. 4. 1902, 3), Bumba, Mandingo country. 

 Ely-brush (7. 7. 1902. 1), Gambisarrab, River Gambia. 



From Sierra Leone : — 



Sifter (1. 4. 1902. 1): bamboo plaited hat (7. 7. 1902. 13). 



From Liberia : — 



Pair of rattles (7. 7. 1902. 2), Saas Town ; carved enema (7. 7. 1902. 

 1). Cape Palmas: kroo-boy's rattle (29. 9. 1902. 1). 



From the Ivory Coast : — 

 .Tuju (Bee Sa) (1. 4. 1902. 2). 



From the Gold Coast : — 



Reed and healds for a country loom (7. 7. 1902. 4), Jellah coffee; 

 -oven brass weights (7. 7. 1902. 6-12), used by tbe goldsmiths at 

 Kumassi for weighing out gold. The weights are of various forms, 

 as follows: — A gatling gun, native stool, human figure carrying a 

 load on the back, a bird eating a snake, two shells, a crab, and a 

 crab's claw. 



Plaited reed bat (1. 4. 1902. 4), Little Popo. 



Earthenware wine vessel (7. 7. 1902. 14). The neck is in form 

 of a human bead, wearing a necklace, used by the late King of 

 Anamaboe ; presented by King Amoono Y. of Anamaboe, per Mr. A. 

 Ridyard. 



The following specimens have been presented per Mr. A. Ridyard: 



Model canoe (1. 4. 1902. ">). Drewin, Ivory Coast ; presented by Mr. 

 L. W. Napton. 



Earthenware water cooler (1. 4. 1902. (i), from Bolamo, and a -Tuju 

 (1. 4. 1902. 7), from Bolamo: presented by Mr. W. E. Tunis. 



