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A human skull with modelled features from the Island of 

 Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides. Presented hy Vice-Admiral 

 E. F. A. Gaunt. 



Three carved dancing clubs from the island of Buka, Solomon 

 Islands. Presented hy C. E. Reader, Esq. 



(4.) Antiquities and Ethnogra-phy of America. 



Three stone arrowheads found near Eussell, Illinois. Pre- 

 sented hy E. Firth, Esq. 



The head of a dancing staff, with totemic carving, from the 

 north-west coast, and a pottery vase from the Nasca Valley, Peru. 

 Presented hy Louis C. G. Clarke, Esq. 



Four pottery figurines in primitive style from the Panuco 

 Yalley, Mexico. Presented hy J. M. Muir, Esq. 



A gold ornament in the form of a human head, found by the 

 late I'. M. de Waldeck in the ruins of Palenque, Chiapas, 

 Mexico. Presented hy C. B. 0. Clarke, Esq. 



A pottery vase with painted ornament from the highlands of 

 Ecuador. Presented hy Miss Lilian E. Elliott. 



Pottery figurine of a fish, found six feet below the surface of 

 the ground on the island of La Tola, in the estuary of the San- 

 tiago River, Ecuador. Presented hy H. S. Gordon, Esq. 



A shrunk human head from the Jivaro Indians, Ecuador. 

 Presented hy J. H. Spottisivoode, Esq. 



A series of stone implements and fragments of early pottery 

 from Santa Catharina, Brazil. Presented hy Dr. G. C. Bleyer. 



Ancient pottery vase, found at a depth of 10 feet in the bank 

 of the Eio Colorado (Bermejo), 6 miles east of Tinogasta, Cata- 

 marca, Argentina. Presented hy H. Tesohmaker, Esq. 



Stone manija of a holeador from the Tuyu region of Cape San 

 Antonio, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Presented hy Sir Herbert 

 Gihson. 



A series of stone arrowheads and implements from middens 

 in the Chubut Valley, about five miles from the coast, Argentiila. 

 Presented hy Canon P. E. Class. 



Series of antiquities from the windward side of Montserrat, 

 West Indies. Presented hy the lion. Fred Driver. 



In addition to the above donations, the Christy Trustees have 

 acquired by purchase a collection of pottery figurines, vase frag- 

 ments, whistles, stamps, and ornamented spindle-whorls, all of 

 pre-Inca date, and found within a comparatively small area in 

 the Province of Manabi, Ecuador. 



Charles H. Read. 



