64 MUSEUMS. 



(2.) Ceramics. 

 Pottery pipe (10. 6. 1904. 51); presented by Mrs. Cookson. 



Cream-coloured mug (10. 6. 1904. 52), printed with " An East 

 view of Liverpool Light-house and signals on Bidston Hill " ; 

 purchased. 



(3.) Ethnography. 

 PRE-HISTORIC: — 



Flint arrow-head (1. 11. 04. 1), found at Morecambe, 1902; 



purchased. 



MELAXIAN RACE. 



Africa. — West and South-west Africa : — 



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

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



Earthenware vessels (4. 2. 1904. 8-11), earthenware bowls (4. 2. 

 1904. 12-13), carved gourd (4. 2. 1904. 14), carved gourd ladles 

 (4. 2. 1904. 15-16), earthenware vessels of various forms (5. 5. 1904. 

 1-6), from Bissao; earthenware vessel with handle (4. 2. 1904. 4), 

 from Bolamo ; baskets of various sizes and designs (5. 5. 1904. 7-10) 

 (15. 11. 1904. 1-5), from Port Lokko ; earthenware vessel with 

 handle (4. 2. 1904. 4), from Bolamo; gourd ladle (4. 2. 1904. 7) and 

 hat (5. 5. 1904. 11) made of plaited and dyed grass, Mendi country, 

 Shebro; various roots (4. 2. 1904. 50-60) (15. 11. 1904. 32), " Bobo- 

 shay," " Egirra," " Shaygirra," " Finger," " Spice," " Yirri," 

 "Alum," " Coomback," " Bangba," " Bubi-water," &c, from Sierra 

 Leone. 



Liberia : — 



Pair of nut rattles worn in the dance (5. 5. 1904. 12), Grand 

 Sisters ; country-box made of deer skin (4. 2. 1904. 1), from Paraboo ; 

 musical instrument (4. 2. 1904. 2), from Wabo, near Cape Palmas ; 

 native horn (4. 2. 1904. 5), from Yirra Robert, near Cape Palmas; 

 enema (4. 2. 1904. 21), Cape Palmas 



French Ivory Coast : — 



Earthenware fetish ( P) figure seated on a stool and painted black 

 (4. 2. 1904. 6), Kinjaboe, near Assinee. 



