178 LIST OF DONATIONS. 



ETHNOLOGICAL. 



1887. 



An interesting collection of Native Curiosities and other productions, from 

 the Cameroons and other districts on the West Coast of Africa : — Fetish 

 or Idol, Model of Boat or Canoe, Stool made of Cotton-wood, Native 

 Drum, two Musical Instruments, two Brass Dishes, Native Grass, 

 Bags made of grass, Cap made of grass, two small Bags, Native Cloth 

 Dress, two War Dresses made of grass ; Native Woven Cloth, from 

 Quettah, Slave Coast ; Grass Dress-Cloth ; Grass Sleeping-Mats, from 

 the Gaboon ; Girl's Dress or Waistband, made of Cowry shells ; two 

 Native Fly-Brushes, Native Basket, two Ivory Bracelets, two large 

 Food-Bowls, four small Bowls, four Teeth Cleaners, five Wooden Spoons, 

 Gourd Vessel, Moorish Knife, two Hair Combs, two Wooden Fans, 

 ornamented; two Mats, one Grass Fan, two Ebony Sticks, six Spears 

 with iron heads, one Bow and Arrows, Lamp for burning oil, Tobacco 

 Pipe, Necklet, a pair of Sandals worn by Arabs on the Niger. 



Mr. Geo. Allan, the Cameroons. 



Portuguese Bullock Driver's Coat, made of grass. 



Messrs. W. B. and E. 0. Reid. 



Dromedary Saddle and Trappings, used by the late Duke Algernon in Egypt. 



The Dowager Duchess of Northumberland. 



Spanish Courier's Trappings, Letter Bags, etc. Mr. John Hancock. 



1888. 

 Japanese Toys, one tablet representing a procession of Frogs, and one of 

 Monkeys and Birds. Mrs. Schmalz, per Mr. John Hancock. 



Japanese Toys, models of Insects. Mr. Wm. Dinning. 



Bows, Arrows, and Spears, from New Guinea. 



Idol, from Solomon Islands, carved with flint tools. 



Mask made of Spiders' Webs? from Solomon Islands. 



Three Boomerangs, from Queensland, Australia. 



Necklace of Teeth (reptilian). Capt. N. R. Sayers. 



A beautifully-worked Cardbox, made of bark, from the Bermudas. 



Miss Green. 

 Rush Stick, from Sussex, for holding the long pith of a rush saturated with 



grease. 

 Drawing of a Steel Mill, shewing the manner in which it and the flint were 

 held to produce the sparks to give light to miners in coal pits. 



Mr. Edivd. Bidwell, Twickenham. 



Dress of Lady of the early part of the Eighteenth Century, on a figure 



modelled by Mr. John Hancock. 

 Five pairs of Iron, Shoe Buckles, early part of the Eighteenth Century. 



Miss M. J. Hancock. 



