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(7) Oriental and Eihno graphical : — 



Asia. — TiireQ TtLrkish bows, a bow-ring, bracer, and arrows, 

 together with descriptive notes and sections illustrating the 

 structure of the composite bow. Presented hy Lady Payne 

 Gallwey. 



A bronze horse-bit of early date obtained in Mesopotamia. 



A silver ring, set with a sapphire glass cameo of the head of 

 a Persian king. 



A relief in iron and brass representing a saint seated between 

 two lions. Indo-Persian. Presented by Mrs. Hallinan. 



A portion of an early Indian stone relief, representing a 

 banquet scene. Presented by Sir Hercules Read, P.S.A. 



A bronze Brahmi seal of the 4th century a.d. Presented by 

 Mrs. M. S. Jacomb. 



A gold ring with sapphire, a gold earring, and a garnet 

 intaglio with name Animida, dating a.d. 480-500, from India. 



A jewelled armlet from India. Presented by Mrs. H. 

 Randolph Rose. 



A number of bronze objects and beads from three early graves 

 in the Ranclii district, Chota Nagpur, India. Collected by 

 Sarat Chandra Roy. 



Four strings of stone beads found in association with leaden 

 coins dating 250 B.C.-150 a.d. at Gudevada, Khrishna District, 

 S. India. Presented by E. D. Puzey, Esq. 



A selection from a series of crystal, stone, and pottery beads, 

 together with a piece of limonite in which a number of beads are 

 embedded ; found while clearing jungle at Deniyaya, Ceylon. 

 Presented by the Beverley Tea and Rubber Estates Ltd. 



A number of native woven and dyed cloths from the ISTaga 

 tribes, Assam. Presented by Major J . Hardcastle. 



A native hand-wo^'en coat and leggings from the Mru, a kilt 

 or shawl from the Nung, and a belt from the Khamti Shan 

 tribes. Upper Burma. Presented by L. Lacey Langley, Esq. 



A circular mirror of speculum metal with relief designs, of 

 the Han dynasty, from China. Presented by Prof. Masumi 

 Chikashige. 



Africa. — An ethnographical series, including a number of 

 silver amulets and ornaments, from the Oasis of Siwa, Sudan. 

 Presented by W . Seymour Walker, Esq. 



A series of ethnographical objects chiefly from Bassa and 

 Kabba Provinces, Northern Nigeria. Presented by C. A. 

 Woodhouse, Esq. 



A carved ivory double armlet of ancient Benin work, W. 

 Africa. 



An ethnographical series, including a number of objects in 

 cast bronze, from Benin, West Africa. 



A plaster cast of an ivory cup with cover, in the possession 

 of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle-on-Tyne, of XYI celi- 

 tury West African work. Presented by Parker Brewis, Esq., 

 F.S.A. 



