DEPARTMENT OF BRITISH AND MEDI.^LVAL ANTIQUITIES. 63 



Department oe British and Medi^-val Antiquities and 

 Ethnography, 



1. — Arrangement, Cataloguing, etc. 



Prehistoric Moom^. — Tke ©xKibition drawers in the Central 

 Saloon have been overhauled, and two table-cases re-arranged. 

 The labelling of the Green well Collection has been continued. 



Iron Age Gallery. — A series of Teutonic finger-rings has been 

 specially mounted and exhibited in a table-case. 



Room of Rommfi Britain. — Additions have been made to the 

 exhibits of New Forest and Pudding Pan Rock pottery, and 

 moulds exhibited in a table-case. 



King Edward VII. Gallery {Ground Floor). — The arrange- 

 ment of the mediaeval collections and European pottery and 

 porcelain was completed, and the western portion of the gallery 

 opened to the public in July. The collections of Oriental 

 Ceramics and Glass are in course of arrangement in the eastern 

 portion. 



Christian Room, and Buddhist Room. — The temporary 

 arrangement of the Early Christian collections made for the 

 opening of the gallery to the public is in course of revision. 

 The large wooden Buddhist figure has been exhibited in the 

 Buddhist Room in place of the Chinese altar furniture now 

 removed to the King Edward VII. Gallery. 



Room of Indian Religions. — The colossal bronze figure of a 

 Chinese dignitary has been removed to the top of the Grand 

 Staircase, and its place taken by a Hindu stone relief from 

 Bihar. Some re-arrangements have been made, and a number 

 of fresh labels provided. 



Asiatic Saloon. — A temporary exhibition of a large portion 

 of the Mexican and Central American Antiquities, and of the 

 North American stone age, has been made. The Tower Collection 

 of Oriental arms has been re-arranged, and permanent fittings 

 provided. 



Ethnographical Gallery. — A temporary exhibition of the 

 greater part of the South American Antiquities has been made 

 in the Asiatic section. The Kabyle pottery, part of which had 

 been removed for safety, has been re-exhibited, and several of 

 the wall-cases entirely re-arranged. Numerous additions have 

 been made to the exhibits and many fresh labels provided in all 

 sections. The whole of the contents of table-case cupboards and 

 drawers has been examined. 



Basement. — The whole of the ethnographical material, which 

 had been temporarily accommodated in the former Departmental 

 Offices, has now been checked, sorted and stored in the basement, 

 including the collection of Christy duplicates. The re-arrange- 

 ment of collections stored in the basement has been continued 



