68 MUSEUMS. 



Flint implements (30. 11 1904. 1-12), Tuniba, Congo River; 

 purchased. 



South Africa : — 



Horn spoon (10. G. 1904. 47), wooden spoon (10. 0. 1904. 48), ivory 

 snuff-spoon (10. 6. 1904. 50), cane ornament (10. 6. 1904. 49): pre- 

 sented by Mrs. Cookson. 



North Africa : — 



Fly-flap, made of a giraffe's tail (10. 6. 1904. 37), cap, worn by 

 the body-guard of the Mahdi (10. 6. 1904. 38), cap, worn by the 

 body-guard of the Khalifa (10. 6. 1904. 39), from Omdurman, 

 Soudan; two coins (10. 6. 1904. 40-41), found in the treasury at 

 Omdurman ; girdle-dress of shells, beads, leather, &c. (10. 6. 1904. 

 42), Upper Xile; egg-shell charm (10. 6. 1904. 43), Upper Xile ; 

 collected and presented by Arthur Earle, Esq., -LP. 



Melanesia:— 

 New Guinea : — 



An extensive collection of Ethnographical objects, acquired 

 by purchase (10. 6. 1904. 53-343), containing examples of 

 canoe prows, from Panaietti. Wari, Eogea and Mewstoue 

 Islands; canoe baler, Panaietti; paddles, Milne Bay and South 

 Cape; steering paddle, sago stirrers;, Mewstone Island and 

 Panaietti: nets, Porlock Bay; floats for nets, Wari and Milne 

 Grulf; painted wooden ornaments from boats, netting needle, float, 

 wild-pig net, painted wooden shields, Nuakata Island ; neck- 

 lace of human hair, Nuakata Island ; necklaces of various 

 forms and materials, from Lydia Island, The Trobriands, 

 Clayton Inlet, Porlock Bay, Jabbering Bay and Discovery Bay; 

 plume of cassowary feathers, Killerton Island ; pans pipes, combs, 

 head ornaments, three-pronged fork, combs from S. Cape, Lydia 

 Island and Panaietti; armlets, S. Cape, Clayton Inlet, Porlock Bay, 

 Milne Gulf, Maiva : earrings, Louisiades ; shell ornaments, arm- 

 lets, human jaw-bone charms, amulet, Milne Gulf; " musikaka "; 

 lime gourds, Louisiades and South Cape; wooden betel-nut mortars; 

 cocoa-nut water-bottles, Lydia Island, Bentley Bay and Jabbering 



