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Christy Collection. 



During the year the Trustees have acquired by donation the 

 following among other objects, which have been transferred to the 

 Trustees of the British Museum : — 



1. Ethnography of Africa. 



Two carved wooden combs from Mendiland, Sierra Leone. 

 Presented hy A. C. Bollis, Esq., C.M.G. 



Two pottery figures, emblems of fertility, Lala tribe, Nigeria. 

 Presented hy Mrs. Boyle. 



Spear from the North Ikurava clan of the Munshis of the 

 Katsena Allah district, Muri Province, Nigeria, N.P. Presented hy 

 Ronald S. Chapman, Esq. 



2. Ethnography of Oceania. 



A Philippine and two Masai spears, and three Bushman arrows 

 (one with stone point). Presented hy A. W. F. Fuller, Esq. 



A reed with one end cleft and the other pierced, Philippine 

 Islands. Presented hy A. D. Power, Esq. 



3. Ethnography of America. 



Wooden painted doll, from Navajo and Hopi Indians. Presented 

 hy Mrs. G. Holmes Thomas. 



In addition to the above donations the Christy Trustees have 

 acquired by purchase a series of openwork stone and shell ornaments, 

 also a number of clubs, axes, and articles of dress, from the Solomon 

 Islands. 



Charles H. Read. 



